draftyear birth_place statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick statlabel name
1986 marion , arkansas 262 205 3 ray brown -lrb- offensive lineman -rrb-
 guard 8 the university of memphis and arkansas state university 12 december 1962 bro547288 65 , 67 201 games played games started fumble recoveries ray brown
ray brown -lrb- offensive lineman -rrb-

leonard ray brown , jr. -lrb- born december 12 , 1962 -rrb- is a former american football offensive lineman .
following graduation from marion high school where he started at running back , he played college football for the university of memphis and transferred to arkansas state university where coach larry lacewell switched him to an offensive lineman .
it was as an offensive lineman that he made his career in the nfl .
in the national football league brown played with the st. louis cardinals -lrb- his career started in 1986 -rrb- , the washington redskins , the san francisco 49ers and the detroit lions .
he announced his retirement january 14 , 2006 after 20 seasons , the same day he started a for the redskins .
he is one of the oldest players to start a playoff game at the age of 43 .
he was hired as assistant offensive line coach for the buffalo bills on january 17 , 2008 .
he was not retained by the bills after the firing of head coach dick jauron .
brown was hired as offensive line coach for the san francisco 49ers for the 2010 season .
on january 25 , 2011 , he was announced as the assistant line coach for the carolina panthers .
