American football player
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| Cincinnati Bengals | |
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| Position: | Senior personnel executive |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1985-03-01) March 1, 1985 (age 39) Overland Park, Kansas, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Overland Park (KS) Blue Valley Northwest |
| College: | UCLA |
| Undrafted: | 2008 |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| As an administrator: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Theotis "Trey" Brown III (born March 1, 1985) is a former American football cornerback who is currently a senior personnel executive for the Cincinnati Bengals after being hired by the Bengals in 2021.
Career
Playing career
As a player, he was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at UCLA. He also played for the New York Sentinels.
NFL scout
Brown spent nine years in the National Football League as a scout/executive. From 2010 to 2012, he was a scout with the New England Patriots. Then, from 2013 to 2018, he was with the Philadelphia Eagles in a variety of capacities including the Director of College Scouting from 2016 to 2018. Brown has made the Super Bowl with all three NFL teams he has worked for: as an Area Scout after the 2011 season with the New England Patriots, as the Director of College Scouting after the 2017 season with the Philadelphia Eagles (where they beat the Patriots 41–33), and as a Scout after the 2021 season with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Brown has also interviewed for General Manager jobs in the NFL on three separate occasions: with the Buffalo Bills in May 2017, the Oakland Raiders in December 2018, and the Las Vegas Raiders in January 2022.
AAF and XFL
After his first two stops in the NFL, Brown spent the next two years building rosters (and entire organizations) from scratch in the AAF with the Birmingham Iron and XFL with the St. Louis BattleHawks as it afforded him the opportunity to "do things that you probably wouldn't get a chance to do or get experience in the NFL." In the AAF, he had already clinched a playoff spot with the Birmingham Iron when the league folded. In the XFL, the BattleHawks were tied for first place in their division when the league folded.
Media
In 2016, Brown appeared in a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 TV commercial.
References
- Clark, Dave (January 19, 2022). "Raiders interview Bengals scout Trey Brown for GM job, per report". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
- Teope, Herbie (March 15, 2019). "Trey Brown having a blast building from scratch in AAF". National Football League. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- Jackson, Devin (March 31, 2019). "Birmingham Iron Become Second Team to Clinch Playoff Spot". LWOS (Last Word On Sports).
- "2020 XFL Standings". statscrew.com.
- Solak, Benjamin (June 20, 2018). "Ex-Eagles executive takes role in burgeoning football league". Bleeding Green Nation. SB Nation. Retrieved May 16, 2019.