Ted Brown is an American

United States

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 and former collegiate

College football

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 and professional football

American football

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 player. He attended High Point high school, before attending North Carolina State University.

Football career

By the time Brown graduated from North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

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 in 1978 he had set the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 career rushing record with 4,602 yards and the single game rushing record with 251 yards against Penn State in 1977. He was an All-ACC pick for all four years in college and a consensus All-America

All-America

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n in 1978. He was the first african american to be named to the All-America team. The Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

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 drafted him in the first round in the 1979 NFL Draft

1979 NFL Draft

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, he played there for eight years.

Brown was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.