LEVI BROWN

'Levi James Brown III' (born March 16, 1984 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is an American football right tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He was switched from the left tackle position to the right, due to his quarterback being left handed.

Contents

High school career

College career

Pro career

External Links

High school career

Brown attended Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia and was a student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, he where he was a two-year starter as both, an offensive lineman and a defensive end. As a senior, he helped lead his team to an 8-2 record and was a first-team All-Tidewater selection and a Second team All-State selection on both offense and defense by the Virginia high school coaches. After his senior season, he participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Game.

College career

Originally listed as a defensive lineman, Brown redshirted his freshman season in 2002. In 2003, as a redshirt freshman, he started all 12 games at left tackle and played 841 snaps. In 2004, as a , Brown started 10 games, including 1 game at right tackle against Iowa, and played 630 snaps. In 2005, as a junior, he started every game at left tackle and played 869 snaps. He was named an Associated Press and ''Sports Illustrated'' second-team All-American as well as a first-team All-Big Ten selection. In 2006, he anchored a young offensive line, still earning All-American accolades.
Brown earned a Bachelor of Science in Labor and Industrial Relations from Penn State in 2005, and Bachelor of Science in Psychology there in 2006.^[1]

Pro career

Brown was selected by the Arizona Cardinals as fifth pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
Levi Brown agreed to terms with the Cardinals on August 2, 2007, six days after the team reported to training camp.
The six-year contract could be worth up to $62 million, just over $18 million of it guaranteed.
The 6-foot-5, 323-pound offensive tackle out of Penn State was the No. 5 overall draft pick and has missed the AZ Cardinals' first five days of practices.

External Links

★ Levi Brown Penn State Nittany Lion Bio

★ "Norfolk's Levi Brown is big with NFL scouts", ''The Virginian-Pilot'', April 27, 2007