Darwin Brown is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player. In 1999, he was drafted by the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft

1999 NFL Draft

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. He played college football

College football

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 at Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

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 and high school football

High school football

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 at John Tyler High School

John Tyler High School

John Tyler High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Tyler, Texas. It is part of the Tyler Independent School District and serves 9th through 12th grade...

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He was on the Tyler John Tyler Lions high school team that went 16–0 and won the 1994 class 5A Division II state championship of Texas

Texas

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, a season that included a memorable regional semifinal

1994 John Tyler vs. Plano East high school football game

On November 26, 1994, in a high school football playoff game in Texas, the Lions of John Tyler High School defeated the Panthers of Plano East Senior High School by the score of 48–44...

 against Plano East Senior High School

Plano East Senior High School

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He was a member of the St. Louis Rams

St. Louis Rams

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 team during the 2001 season

2001 St. Louis Rams season

The 2001 St. Louis Rams season was the 64th season for the team in the National Football League and seventh season in St. Louis. The Rams set a franchise record for wins in a season , while also going a perfect 8-0 on the road. Quarterback Kurt Warner would go on to win his second league M.V.P....

 but did not play in any regular season games.http://www.fantasyfootballchallenge.com/7-3422/darwin-brown-career-stats.html

He later became a member of the coaching staff at Dallas Carter high school

David W. Carter High School

David Wendel Carter High School is a public school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . David W. Carter High School, which covers grades 9-12, is a part of the Dallas Independent School District....

 alongside his former John Tyler Lions coach Allen Wilson

Allen Wilson (American football)

Allen Wilson is an American football coach. A highly successful high school coach, Wilson won two Texas state championships and amassed a 213-74-3 record. His teams are known for their smash-mouth running game....

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