Ralph Brown Enters Huskers Hall of Fame

The 2011 Nebraska Football Hall of Fame class has a distinct defensive flavor. Among the seven former collegiate players being inducted this year, all five Huskers carry Nebraska’s Blackshirt heritage with them to the Hall of Fame.

Headlining the former Huskers are a pair of All-America defensive backs who put the Brown in Blackshirt from 1996 to 1999. All-America rover Mike Brown and All-America cornerback Ralph Brown, who joined forces to help the Huskers to a 1997 national championship and a pair of Big 12 Conference titles, each spent a decade in the NFL.

Mike and Ralph Brown enter The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame

The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Nebraska Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. The College Football Hall of Fame opened in South Bend, Ind., in 1995.

A fixture in the Blackshirt defensive backfield for four seasons, Ralph Brown started a school-record 52 consecutive games at cornerback from 1996 to 1999. The 5-10, 180-pounder from Hacienda Heights, Calif., earned Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News in 1996, when he was also named the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year. He capped his career with first-team All-America accolades in 1999. A team co-captain along with fellow senior Mike Brown in 1999, Ralph was a three-time All-Big 12 selection from 1997 to 1999, and a Thorpe Award semifinalist as a senior. Brown owns the Nebraska career record with 50 pass breakups and is tied for fourth with 11 career interceptions. His 253 career interception return yards are also a school record, while his 83-yard return for a touchdown against Oklahoma in 1996 ranks as the 10th-longest in Husker history. Following his Husker career, Brown was a fifth-round pick of the New York Giants in the 2000 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons with the Giants (2000-03), two seasons with Minnesota (2004-05) one in Cleveland (2006) and closed his career with three years in Arizona (2007-09), including a Super Bowl appearance with the Cardinals in 2009.

Now retired and living in California, Ralph Brown has found success in his post football career as the founder of B3ST Sports Training.

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