Brown Football in the Pros - Brown University Athletics

NOTE: The following list contains Brown players who went on to sign as members of a team's practice squad or active roster, and is not a complete list of players who were drafted.

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BY THE NUMBERS
Total Pro Players: 76
Individuals on NFL Active Rosters: 52

League Key
af2 - arenafootball2
AFL - American Football League
AFU - American Football Union
Arena - Arena Football League
CFL - Canadian Football League
GFL - German Football League
IFL - Indoor Football League
NFLE - NFL Europe
NFL - National Football League
Ohio - Ohio League
PFLA - Professional Football League of America
UFL - United Football League
USFL - U.S. Football League
WLAF - World League of American Football (became NFL Europe)
XFL - Xtreme Football League
* - indicates practice squad member

BROWN PLAYERS IN THE PROS

Name	Position	Brown Letters	Team	League	Drafted	Pro Career
Benjamin S. Webb '1892	Center	1889-91	Orange A.C.	AFU	Free Agent	1892-1894
Frank E. "Big" Smith '1896	Guard	1892-95	Elizabeth A.C., Duquesne A.C.	-	Free Agent	1896-97, 1898-1900
David L. Fultz '1898	Halfback	1894-97	Duquesne A.C., Homestead A.C.	-	Free Agent	1899, 1900-1901
John "Daff" Gammons '1898	Halfback	1895-97	Pittsburgh Pros, Homestead A.C., Pittsburgh Stars	-	Free Agent	1898-99, 1900-01, 1902
Willis B. Richardson '1899	Quarterback	1897-99	Homestead A.C., Pittsburgh Stars	-	Free Agent	1900, 1901-02
Irving "Hoppy" Hunt '1899	End	1897-98	Homestead A.C.	-	Free Agent	1901
Henry S. Pratt '1900	Quarterback	1897-99	Duquesne A.C.	-	Free Agent	1900
Libe Washburn '1901	Halfback	1897-1900	Philadelphia Nationals	-	Free Agent	1901
Russell G. Ashbaugh '1913	End/Coach	1909-12	Youngstown Patricians	Ohio	Free Agent	1915-18
Edger "Spike" Staff '1915	Guard	1913-15	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1925
Clair Purdy '1919	Quarterback	1915-16	Rochester Jeffersons, NY Giants, Milwaukee Badgers	NFL	Free Agent	1920-22
Ralph H. Nichols '1919	Guard	1917, 1919	Rock Island Independents	NFL	Free Agent	1921, 1926
Frederick "Fritz" Pollard '1919	Halfback	1915, 1916	Akron Pros, Milwaukee Badgers, Hammond Pros, Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1920-1926
Andrew F. Hillhouse '1919	Fullback	1916	Buffalo All-Americans	NFL	Free Agent	1921
George W. "Bill" Brace '1920	Guard	1919	Buffalo All-Americans	NFL	Free Agent	1920-22
Manuel "Jimmy" Jemail '1920	Quarterback	1915-16, 1919	New York Giants	NFL	Free Agent	1921
Jay Mayo "Inky" Williams '1920	End	1917, 1919-20	Canton Bulldogs, Hammond Pros, Dayton Triangles, Cleveland Bulldogs	NFL	Free Agent	1921-26
Duncan C. Annan '1920	Fullback	1916	Chicago Tigers, Toledo Maroons, Hammond Pros, Akron Pros	NFL	Free Agent	1920-26
Seneca G. Samson '1921	Fullback	1919	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1926
Olaf G. "Curly" Oden '1921	Halfback	1919-20	Providence Steam Roller, Boston Braves	NFL	Free Agent	1925-32
Bertrand "Bert" L. Shurtleff '1922	Center	1919-21	Providence Steam Roller, Boston Bulldogs	NFL	Free Agent	1925,1929
Mian "Mike" Gulian '1923	Tackle	1919-22	Buffalo All-Americans, Frankfort Yellow Jackets, Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1923-27
John F. Spellman '1924	End, Tackle	1921-23	Providence Steam Roller, Boston Braves	NFL	Free Agent	1925-32
Quentin S. Reynolds '1924	Tackle	1923	Brooklyn Horsemen/Lions	NFL	Free Agent	1926
Adolph W. Eckstein '1925	Center	1921-24	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1925-26
John T. Pohlman '1925	Fullback	1923-24	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1925
James H. Sheldon '1925	End	1922-24	Brooklyn Horsemen	NFL	Free Agent	1926
Frederick Sweet '1925	Halfback	1921-24	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1925-26
Jackson M. Keefer '1925	Halfback	1924-25	Providence Steam Roller, Dayton Triangles	NFL	Free Agent	1926, 1928
John O. Talbot '1926	End	1923-25	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1926
James M. Stifler '1926	End	1923-25	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1926-27
Edgar V. F. McCrillis '1926	Guard	1924-25	Providence Steam Roller, Boston Bulldogs	NFL	Free Agent	1926,1929
William A. Stephens '1926	Center	1924-25	Brooklyn Horsemen	NFL	Free Agent	1926
Harold A. Broda '1927	End	1924-26	Cleveland Bulldogs	NFL	Free Agent	1927
Dave Mishel '1927	Halfback	1925-26	Providence Steam Roller, Cleveland Indians	NFL	Free Agent	1927, 1931
Orland F. Smith '1927	-	1924-26	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1927-29
Edward J. Lawrence '1928	Halfback	1925-27	Boston Bulldogs, Staten Island Stapletons	NFL	Free Agent	1929-30
Edward "Thurston" Towle '1928	End	1925-27	Boston Bulldogs	NFL	Free Agent	1929
Albert C. Cornsweet '1929	Fullback	1926-28	Cleveland Indians	NFL	Free Agent	1931
Charles "Bud" Edwards '30	Halfback	1927-29	Providence Steam Roller, Chicago Bears	NFL	Free Agent	1930-31
Joseph Schein '31	Tackle	1928-30	Providence Steam Roller	NFL	Free Agent	1931
William P.H. Battles '39	Tackle	1936-37	Chicago Bears	NFL	Free Agent	1939
Irv A. "Shine" Hall '39	Halfback	1936-38	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	Drafted	1942
John J. McLaughry '40	Quarterback	1937-39	New York Giants	NFL	Drafted	1940
Robert "Bob" Priestley '42	End	1939-41	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	Free Agent	1942
Henry "Bob" Margarita '44	Halfback	1941-42	Chicago Bears	NFL	Drafted	1944-46
Ed Fiorentino '45	End	1943	Boston Yanks	NFL	Drafted	1947
Donald R. Colo '50	Tackle	1947-49	Baltimore Colts, NY Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns	NFL	Drafted	1950-58
Thomas Budrewicz '60	Tackle	1958-59	New York Titans (Jets)	AFL	Drafted	1961
Bob Hall '66	Quarterback	1963-65	Des Moines Warriors British Columbia Lions	PFLA CFL	Free Agent	1966-67
John Sinnott '80	Tackle	1977-79	St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Baltimore Colts	NFL	Drafted	1980-82
John Prassas '81	Linebacker	1978-80	Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Concordes	CFL	Free Agent	1981-82
John Woodring '81	Linebacker	1978-80	New York Jets	NFL	Drafted	1981-85
Steve Jordan '82	Tight End	1979-81	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Drafted	1982-94
Keiron Bigby '87	Defensive Back	1984-86	Washington Redskins	NFL	Free Agent	1987
Greg Patrick '91	Defensive Back	1988-90	Detroit Lions Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats Frankfurt Galaxy	NFL CFL WLAF	Free Agent	1991-96
Jason McCullough '97	Quarterback	1993-96	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	CFL	Free Agent	1997
Sean Morey '99	Wide Receiver	1995-98	Patriots, Eagles, Steelers, Cardinals, Seahawks	NFL	Drafted	1999-2009
Drew Inzer '01	Offensive Line	1998-2000	New England Patriots*, Jacksonville Jaguars	NFL	Free Agent	2001-02
Mike Malan '02	Running Back	1999-01	St. Louis Rams* Scottish Claymores, Amsterdam Admirals	NFL NFLE	Free Agent	2002-04
Chas Gessner '03	Wide Receiver	1999-02	NE, NYJ, TB, SEA Berlin Thunder Orlando Predators, Florida Tuskers, Spokane Shock Virginia Destroyers	NFL NFLE Arena UFL	Free Agent	2003-11
Kyle Rowley '02	Quarterback	1998-01	15 different organizations	af2/Arena	Free Agent	2003-2019
Zak DeOssie '07	Long Snapper	2003-06	New York Giants	NFL	Drafted	2007-19
Paul Raymond '08	Wide Receiver	2004-07	New York Jets, Detroit Lions, New York Giants*	NFL	Free Agent	2008-09
Colin Cloherty '09	Tight End	2006-08	Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns*, SF 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars	NFL	Free Agent	2009-12
David Howard '10	Defensive Line	2006-09	Tennessee Titans, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars	NFL	Drafted	2010-12
Buddy Farnham '10	Wide Receiver	2006-09	New England Patriots*	NFL	Free Agent	2010
Bob Sewall '10	Wide Receiver	2006-09	Jacksonville Sharks	Arena	Free Agent	2012
James Develin '10	Fullback	2006-09	Oklahoma City Yard Dawgs Florida Tuskers Cincinnati Bengals*, New England Patriots	Arena UFL NFL	Free Agent	2010-19
AJ Cruz '13	Wide Receiver	2009-12	LA KISS, Arizona Rattlers	Arena	Free Agent	2014-15
Richard Jarvis '17	Defensive End	2014-17	Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills	NFL	Free Agent	2018
Daryle Banfield '18	Defensive Line	2015-18	DC Defenders Massachusetts Pirates, Sioux Falls Storm	XFL IFL	Free Agent	2020-2023
Michael Hoecht '20	Defensive Line	2016-19	Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills	NFL	Free Agent	2020-pres.
Jakob Prall '20	Wide Receiver	2016-19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	CFL	Free Agent	2022
E.J. Perry '21	Quarterback	2019, 2021	Jacksonville Jaguars* Michigan Panthers, Memphis Showboats	NFL USFL	Free Agent	2022-pres.
Chad Broome-Webster '22	Offensive Line	2018-19, 2021	Vegas Vipers* Potsdam Royals	XFL GFL	Free Agent	2023-pres.