Mark 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...

 linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

. Brown played college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 for Auburn University

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

, before signing with the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2003. On May 4, 2006, the Arizona Cardinals signed Brown as an unrestricted free agent, but he was released later on that offseason.
He now lives and works in Marietta, Georgia as a personal trainer. 30 year old brown recently got engaged to Candace N. Cagle, October 23, 2010. She played women's soccer at Auburn University, where they met.