Antonio Brown

**Antonio Tavaris Brown** (born July 10, 1988) is an American Rapper and an American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 6th Round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Brown played college football at the University of Central Michigan.

## College

Brown played college football for the Central Michigan University. He was noted for his versatility and was even an All-American.

## NFL career

Brown was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 6th Round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Brown spent time playing as a wide receiver and a returner. He returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown in his rookie season. Brown is famous for a 58-yard third-down helmet reception against Lardarius Webb of the Baltimore Ravens in a playoff win.

In 2011, Brown beat out veteran Hines Ward and fellow 2nd-year receiver Emmanuel Sanders. He became a starter alongside Mike Wallace. As well as returning kicks and punts very successfully, Brown had 69 catches for 1,108 yards and two touchdowns. Brown was named the Steelers' team MVP of the season.

In 2019, Brown was traded to the Oakland Raiders and then to the New England Patriots. In 2021, he was traded again to the Tampa Bay Buccancers. The reason why Brown was traded is that he had issues with teammates off the field.

## Other websites

- Steelers bio

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Antonio Brown
- **image**: Antonio Brown (50832356158).jpg
- **caption**: Brown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021
- **current team**: Baltimore Ravens
- **number**: 81
- **position**: Wide receiver
- **birth place**: Miami, Florida
- **high school**: Miami Norland Senior High School, Miami Norland
(Miami Gardens, Florida)
- **college**: Central Michigan Chippewas football, Central Michigan
- **draftyear**: 2010
- **draftround**: 6
- **draftpick**: 195
- **pastteams**: * Pittsburgh Steelers (–)
* Oakland Raiders ()
* New England Patriots ()
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)
* Baltimore Ravens (-)
- **highlights**: * 7× Pro Bowl (2012 Pro Bowl, 2011, 2014 Pro Bowl, 2013–2019 Pro Bowl, 2018)
* 4× First-team All-Pro (2014 All-Pro Team, 2014–2017 All-Pro Team, 2017)
* Second-team All-Pro (2013 All-Pro Team, 2013)
* 2× List of National Football League season receiving yards leaders, NFL receiving yards leader (2014 NFL season, 2014, 2017 NFL season, 2017)
* 2× List of NFL annual receptions leaders, NFL receptions leader (2014 NFL season, 2014, 2015 NFL season, 2015)
* List of National Football League annual receiving touchdowns leaders, NFL receiving touchdowns leader (2018 NFL season, 2018)
* 2× First-team College Football All-America Team, All-American (2008 College Football All-America Team, 2008, 2009 College Football All-America Team, 2009)
* 2× First-team All-Mid-American Conference, MAC (2008, 2009)
* Second-team All-Mid-American Conference, MAC (2007)
* Mid-American Conference football individual awards#Freshman Player of the Year, MAC Freshman of the Year (2007)
- **statleague**: NFL
- **statweek**: 17
- **statseason**: 2018
- **statlabel1**: Receptions
- **statvalue1**: 837
- **statlabel2**: Receiving yards
- **statvalue2**: 11,207
- **statlabel3**: Receiving touchdowns
- **statvalue3**: 74
- **statlabel4**: Total return yards
- **statvalue4**: 2,932
- **statlabel5**: Return touchdowns
- **statvalue5**: 5
- **nfl**: BRO000001
- **pfr**: BrowAn04