Sergio Brown

Brown was born in Maywood, Illinois. His father, Mario Brown, was the first African-American men's basketball player at Texas A&M.[1] He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, where he was a two-sport star in football and track. He played wide receiver and defensive back for the Pirates football team. As a senior, he had 710 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns at wide receiver, and 41 tackles, two sacks, and six interceptions as a safety. Academically, he had a 3.2 GPA.

Also a standout track & field athlete, Brown was a state qualifier in the long jump (top-jump of 23 ft, 9 in). He also competed in sprints, recording a personal-best time of 6.68 seconds in the 55-meter dash event at the 2006 Pirate Indoor Classic, where he placed 5th.[2] He ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash and had a 31-inch vertical jump.

At the University of Notre Dame, Brown primarily played special teams during his first two seasons, and became a starter in 2008 as a junior, starting 6 of 13 games and recording 28 tackles and one sack. As a senior, he started 12 games and had 50 tackles and one sack.

In September 2023, Maywood, Illinois police issued a missing persons report for Brown after they found his mother dead near a creek behind her home. The Cook County Medical Examiner's determined she died from injuries related to an assault, ruling the manner of death as a homicide.[11][12][13][14][15] In October 2023, Brown was deported from Mexico following a scuffle with Mexican police[16] and taken into custody in California pursuant to an arrest warrant for first-degree murder issued in Illinois.[17][18][19] Before his arrest, Brown had published messages on Twitter calling his mother's death "Fake news. For tabloids."[20] As of October 11, 2023, Brown was in the custody of the San Diego Sheriff's office, with a court hearing scheduled November 13, 2023 to adjudicate his extradition to Illinois.[18]

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