Levi Brown | |
Current Title: | Quarterbacks coach |
Current Team: | Valdosta State Blazers |
Current Conference: | GSC |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1987 |
Birth Place: | Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Troy University |
Player Years1: | 2005–2006 |
Player Team1: | Richmond |
Player Years2: | 2007–2009 |
Player Team2: | Troy |
Player Years3: | 2010–2011 |
Player Team3: | Buffalo Bills |
Player Years4: | 2012 |
Player Team4: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Player Years5: | 2013 |
Player Team5: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 2016–2017 |
Coach Team1: | Troy (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2018 |
Coach Team2: | Faulkner (OC) |
Coach Years3: | 2019–present |
Coach Team3: | Valdosta State (QB) |
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Jacob Levi Brown (born March 11, 1987) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the quarterbacks coach at Valdosta State University. He played college football for the Richmond Spiders and the Troy Trojans and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL draft.
Brown also served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, and the offensive coordinator for the Faulkner University.
Brown played for the University of Richmond from 2005 to 2006. He only started three games at Richmond, and after the 2006 season, transferred to Troy University. After redshirting during the 2007 season, Brown started in 2008 with the Trojans. He has many Trojan passing records. In 2009, he broke the Troy and Sunbelt Conference record by passing for 4,254 yards. He finished second in the nation in passing yards in 2009, and Brown was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.
Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
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201 | 326 | 61.7 | 2,030 | 6.2 | 15 | 3 | 127.3 | 33 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | |||
321 | 504 | 63.7 | 4,254 | 8.4 | 23 | 9 | 146.1 | 54 | 7 | 0.1 | 1 | |||
Career | 522 | 830 | 62.9 | 6,284 | 7.6 | 38 | 12 | 138.7 | 87 | 24 | 0.3 | 1 |
After much speculation that the Buffalo Bills were going to select a quarterback in the 2010 NFL draft, Brown was made the newest Bills quarterback in the seventh round (209th overall).[2] [3] He was cut by the Bills September 4, 2010, on final cuts. The Bills opted to keep Brian Brohm as their third quarterback and Levi was not signed to the practice squad. However, following the release of Trent Edwards on September 27, Buffalo resigned Brown, and he served as the team's third quarterback.[4]
Brown was waived in final cuts prior to the 2011 season, after the Bills signed Brad Smith and Tyler Thigpen as Ryan Fitzpatrick's backup quarterbacks; because he spent most of the year as the third-string quarterback (a position that was not considered a part of the active roster until 2011), he was eligible for, and was placed on, the practice squad.
Brown was cut from the practice squad on September 13, 2011.
On March 20, 2012, it was announced that Brown had been signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[5] On June 17, 2013, it was announced that Brown has been released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[6]
On September 4, 2013, it was announced that Brown had been signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and added to their practice roster.[7]
Brown currently serves as the quarterbacks coach for the Valdosta State University American football team. Brown was a graduate assistant coach at Troy University, his alma mater in Troy, Alabama, where Brown earned bachelor's and master's degrees. He returned to work with his former mentor and new head coach Neal Brown. Brown worked with the Quarterbacks and mentored current Troy University starter Brandon Silvers. Brown was the offensive coordinator at Faulkner University, Montgomery Alabama before accepting the quarterback coach job at Valdosta State University.