Chad Brown (2017) - CU Athletic Hall of Fame - University of Colorado Athletics

Chad Brown

Induction:
2017
Class:
1992

A second-team All-American as a senior in 1992 (NEA; honorable mention by UPI), he overcame three separate injuries that season to finish the year as a unanimous All-Big Eight selection … He rebounded from a broken hand, back spasms and a separated shoulder to post 88 tackles, with 15 for losses … Also All-Big Eight as a junior when he racked up 125 tackles for second on the team … He ended his career as CU’s fourth all-time leading tackler (369), was third all-time in solo stops (242) and fourth in tackles for loss (38) … Played inside linebacker as a freshman and sophomore before switching to the outside, where he would record 14 quarterback sacks over the next two seasons… Also made a name for himself as he had one of the more interesting hobbies in CU football history: he bred snakes and lizards, once even traveling to Costa Rica to hunt the reptiles at night … A second round pick by Pittsburgh in the 1993 NFL Draft (44th overall), he played four seasons with the Steelers (1993-96) before moving on to Seattle and then the New England Patriots, with a return to Pittsburgh in-between the latter in a 15-year NFL career … He had over 1,000 tackles and 79 sacks in 188 games in the NFL ... Now a local sports media personality, in 2012, he became CU’s sideline reporter on KOA broadcasts.