The Team
MIKE BROWN #30
| Position | Safety |
| Height | 5-10 |
| Weight | 207 |
| Years Experience | 10 |
| Birthdate | 2/13/1978 |
| Hometown | Scottsdale, AZ |
| College | Nebraska |
| Current status | Active |
| Games Started | 99 |
| Games Played | 100 |
Pro Career
Veteran safety enters his 10th NFL season after joining Kansas City as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago on June 25th … Proven playmaker spent the last nine seasons with Chicago after entering the league with the Bears in 2000 … Owns seven career defensive return TDs, the second-highest total in the league since 2000 … Earned his first Pro Bowl appearance and was named second-team All-Pro by the AP in 2005 … Notched a career-high five interceptions in 2001, including a three-game INT streak highlighted by back-to-back game-winning interception returns for TDs in overtime becoming the only player in league history to accomplish that feat … Has seen duty in 100 regular season games (99 starts) ... Has registered 629 career tackles (413 solo) with nine tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks (-35.0 yards) ... Has recorded 17 interceptions for 275 yards with four TDs and 37 passes defensed … Has added five forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries for 221 yards with three TDs … Also has notched 30 special teams tackles and one blocked field goal … Has also started in two playoff games, posting six tackles (five solo).
Transactions: Signed with Kansas City as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago (6/25/09) ... Signed with Chicago (7/17/03) ... Signed with Chicago (7/23/00) ... Entered the NFL as a second-round pick (39th overall) of Chicago in the 2000 NFL Draft.
2008
Chicago (2000-08): Appeared in 100 regular season games (99 starts) ... Recorded 629 tackles (413 solo), 5.0 sacks (-35.0 yards) and nine tackles for loss … Contributed 17 interceptions for 275 yards with four TDs and seven fumble recoveries for 221 yards with three TDs … Added five forced fumbles, 37 passes defensed, 30 special teams tackles and a blocked FG … His seven career defensive TDs and three fumble return TDs are the most by any player in Bears history, while his four INT return TDs are tied for the most in franchise history.
2008: Started 15 games at strong and free safety … Registered 101 tackles (63 solo) with two stops for loss and a sack (-5.0 yards) with two interceptions and four passes defensed … Tallied a sack of Jake Delhomme vs. Carolina (9/14) ... Notched a career-high 17 tackles (six solo) vs. Tampa Bay (9/21) ... Compiled eight tackles at Atlanta (10/12) ... Had seven tackles vs. Minnesota (10/19) ... Totaled five tackles with an interception off Dan Orlovsky vs. Detroit (11/2) ... Posted six tackles vs. Tennessee (11/9) ... Registered nine tackles at Green Bay (11/16) ... Recorded 11 tackles vs. Jacksonville (12/7) ... Tallied seven tackles and an INT off Drew Brees vs. New Orleans (12/11) ... Amassed seven tackles vs. Green Bay (12/22) ... Was placed on injured reserve with a calf injury on December 26th.
2007
Started one contest at free safety … Recorded five tackles, an INT off Philip Rivers, a fumble recovery from Rivers and a pass defensed at San Diego (9/9) before leaving the game with a knee injury … Placed on IR on September 10th.
2006
Started six games at strong safety … Tallied 28 tackles (20 solo), two passes defensed, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Posted five tackles and forced a WR Travis Taylor fumble at Minnesota (9/24) ... Recorded nine tackles and returned a QB Matt Leinart fumble for a three-yard TD at Arizona (10/16) ... Was placed on injured reserve with a foot injury on October 19th.
2005
Started 12 contests at strong safety … Posted 89 tackles (67 solo) with two tackles for loss and a sack (-9.0 yards) ... Added three INTs for 116 yards, six passes defensed and one forced fumble … Earned his first Pro Bowl berth and was named second-team All-Pro by AP … Tallied a season-high 13 tackles at Washington (9/11) ... Registered 10 tackles vs. Cincinnati (9/25) ... Credited with seven tackles and returned a Trent Dilfer INT for 72 yards at Cleveland (10/9) ... Amassed seven tackles vs. Minnesota (10/16) ... Garnered 12 tackles at Detroit (10/30) ... Tallied seven tackles and an INT off Cody Pickett vs. San Francisco (11/13) ... Recorded six tackles vs. Carolina (11/20) ... Registered six tackles at Tampa Bay (11/27) ... Amassed nine tackles and a sack of Brett Favre vs. Green Bay (12/4) ... Was inactive for the final four games of the regular season with a calf injury … Started the NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Carolina (1/15/06) and recorded one tackle.
2004
Started the first two contests at free safety … Totaled 10 tackles, a pass defensed and a fumble recovery for a TD … Registered six tackles vs. Detroit (9/12) ... Had three tackles and returned a RB Ahman Green fumble for a 95-yard TD vs. Green Bay (9/19) before suffering an Achilles injury … Was placed on injured reserve with an Achilles injury on September 21st.
2003
Started 16 games of the season at free safety … Amassed 81 tackles (57 solo), with two interceptions and four passes defensed … Added two special teams tackles … Recorded five tackles and an INT off Jeff Garcia at San Francisco (9/7) ... Totaled eight tackles vs. Oakland (10/5) ... Registered eight tackles at New Orleans (10/12) ... Posted seven tackles and an interception off Matt Hasselbeck at Seattle (10/19) ... Tallied 10 tackles vs. Minnesota (12/14).
2002
Saw duty in all 16 games with 15 starts) at free safety … Tallied 111 tackles (71 solo), three interceptions and six passes defensed … Added two fumble recoveries for 106 yards and a forced fumble … Amassed 10 special teams tackles … Recorded seven tackles and an INT off Daunte Culpepper vs. Minnesota (9/8) ... Registered seven tackles and recovered a RB Warrick Dunn fumble at Atlanta (9/15) ... Posted eight tackles vs. New Orleans (9/22) ... Tallied nine tackles and scored a 62-yard touchdown on a lateral from LB Rosevelt Colvin who recovered a RB Travis Henry fumble vs. Buffalo (9/29) ... Tallied 10 tackles at Detroit (10/20) ... Intercepted a Donovan McNabb pass vs. Philadelphia (11/3) ... Recorded six tackles vs. New England (11/10) ... Accumulated six tackles and an INT off Marc Bulger at St. Louis (11/18) ... Notched eight tackles at Green Bay (12/1) ... Posted nine tackles at Miami (12/9) ... Recorded seven tackles vs. the N.Y. Jets (12/15) and at Carolina (12/22) ... Tallied nine tackles vs. Tampa Bay (12/29).
2001
Started all 16 contests at free safety … Accumulated 86 tackles (48 solo) with 3.0 sacks (-21 yards) and a tackle for loss … Registered five interceptions for 81 yards with two TDs … Added two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and nine special teams tackles … Earned first-team All-Pro honors from AP … Recorded six tackles, a sack of Michael Vick and an INT off Chris Chandler at Atlanta (10/7) ... Posted eight tackles at Cincinnati (10/21) ... Registered six tackles with a game-winning 33-yard interception return for a TD off Jeff Garcia in overtime vs. San Francisco (10/28) ... Had five tackles and returned a Tim Couch INT for a game-winning, 16-yard TD in OT vs. Cleveland (11/4), his second consecutive INT return for a TD in overtime … Intercepted a Brett Favre pass vs. Green Bay (11/11), his third straight game with an INT … Tallied six tackles at Minnesota (11/25) ... Posted nine tackles, 2.0 sacks and two passes defensed vs. Detroit (12/2) ... Registered seven tackles vs. Tampa Bay (12/16) and at Washington (12/23) ... Intercepted a RB Lamont Warren pass at Detroit (12/30) ... Recorded five tackles in an NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Philadelphia (1/19/02).
2000
Started all 16 games at free safety … Recorded 118 tackles (77 solo) with an interception return for a TD and five passes defensed … Added a fumble recovery and nine special teams tackles … Totaled nine tackles, recovered a RB Tiki Barber fumble and blocked a K Brad Daluiso 31-yard field goal vs. the N.Y. Giants (9/17) ... Posted eight tackles vs. Detroit (9/24) ... Amassed nine tackles and logged first career interception off Jeff Blake vs. New Orleans (10/8) ... Tallied six tackles vs. Minnesota (10/15) ... Notched nine tackles at Philadelphia (10/22) ... Recorded seven tackles vs. Indianapolis (11/5) ... Posted eight tackles at Buffalo (11/12) ... Registered eight tackles at the N.Y. Jets (11/26) ... Compiled 12 tackles vs. Green Bay (12/3) ... Collected eight tackles and three passes defensed vs. New England (12/10) ... Accumulated 10 tackles at San Francisco (12/17) ... Totaled seven tackles at Detroit (12/24).
College Bio
Played in 47 games (36 starts) at Nebraska, recording 287 tackles (137 solo), 17.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Added nine interceptions, 14 passes defensed, six forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … Three-year starter was named first-team All-America as a junior and senior … Finished second on Nebraska’s all-time tackles list … Started 12 games as a senior in ‘99, totaling 96 tackles (56 solo) with 8.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, six forced fumbles, five interceptions and five passes defensed … Started all 12 games as a junior in ‘98 … Posted 102 tackles (37 solo) with 5.0 tackles for loss and an interception … Added a fumble recovery and four passes defensed … Started all 12 contests as a sophomore in ‘97 … Registered 77 tackles (36 solo) with 4.0 tackles for loss and four passes defensed … As a freshman in ‘96 played in 11 games … Recorded 12 tackles (eight solo), an INT and a pass defensed … Majored in Business Administration at Nebraska.
Personal Bio
• Named the top defensive back in the country by SuperPrep as a senior at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Also played running back, rushing for 2,036 yards (9.6 avg.) and 31 touchdowns as a senior.
• Married, wife Erin with one daughter.