Vincent Brown ( wide receiver ) Vincent Brown , Jr . ( born January 25 , 1989 ) is an American football wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League . He played college football at San Diego State University . Collegiate career . Freshman . Brown played in all 12 games as a freshman and started in eight of them in 2007 . He ended the season fourth on the team in receptions with 31 and receiving yards with 349 . He is third in school history for receptions by a freshman and fourth in receiving yards by a freshman . He also returned 25 kickoffs for 547 yards . His six returns for 146 yards against Washington State , stand as the sixth most return yards in a single game in school history . Sophomore . Brown started in all 12 games his sophomore year for the Aztecs . He led the team by a wide margin with 64 catches for 631 receiving yards in 2008 . Five of his catches were for touchdowns . He had a career day against Idaho when he caught 8 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns . He became the 47th Aztec to have two 100 yard receiving games in his career . He ended the season averaging fifth best in the Mountain West Conference for receptions per game with 5 . 3 . Junior . Brown started in the first seven games of the Aztec ' s season before suffering a season - ending thumb injury . He had at least one hundred receiving yards in each of his first four games in 2009 . He also scored at least one touchdown in his first five games to start the season . He became the 24th Aztec to reach the 100 career receptions milestone in his game against UCLA . He also passed the 100 career receiving yards in this game . He had a career - high 13 receptions against Idaho . He finished the year with the season with 45 catches for 778 yards and 6 touchdowns . And despite missing the final five games of the season , Brown finished as one of the ten finalists for the Biletnikoff Award and received Second - team all - Mountain West honors . Senior . Brown finished his career at San Diego State with 69 catches for 1 , 352 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in 2010 . He is now in fourth place in school history for receiving yards in a single season . His final game as an Aztec came in the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl . He had a Poinsettia Bowl record 8 receptions for 165 yards against Navy . He finished his career with 209 receptions for 3 , 110 receiving yards and 23 touchdowns . He had a record - tying thirteen 100 yard receiving games and ranks third in school history in both receptions and receiving yards and fifth in touchdowns . Professional career . San Diego Chargers . Brown was drafted by the San Diego Chargers with the 82nd pick in the 2011 NFL Draft . As of week 10 of the 2011 NFL Season Brown had played in 6 games . During week 10 against the Oakland Raiders , Brown had 5 receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown in the loss . 2012 . On August 18 , 2012 , Brown broke his ankle in the second preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys . He was put as the teams Designated to Return player and is allowed to return to the active roster as early as week 6 of the NFL season < / ref > . Ultimately , Brown did not end up playing a snap for the Chargers during the 2012 season . His absence was felt on the field as the Chargers ' offense dropped to 20th in points scored after ranking in the top five for eight consecutive years .