Altadena, CA native Chad Brown was a defensive star at John Muir High School in the late 1980s.
Brown took his defensive talents to the University of Colorado where he was a four-year starter for the Buffaloes.
Drafted by the Pittsburgh, the linebacker became an integral part of the famed Blitzburgh defense which included Greg Lloyd, Kevin Greene and Levon Kirkland.
Brown also played for the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots during his decade and a half long NFL career.
The three-time Pro Bowler and two-time first team All Pro also won the prestigious Steve Largent Award in Seattle and captured the Joe Greene Great Performance Award while playing in Pittsburgh.
In his retirement, Brown has made a successful transition into media, working as a radio host, a sideline reporter and a color analyst for various networks. Brown also owns and operates Pro Exotics, a company that sells non-venomous snakes.
I caught up to him to chat about his lifelong passion for collecting, his good natured beef with Levon Kirkland’s signature, seeing his rookie cards for the first time and much more.
