• In three seasons at Ole Miss, Brown set the program record for career receiving yards (2,984) and 100-yard receiving games (12). As a sophomore, he matched the Ole Miss single-season record with 11 receiving touchdowns. He earned First-Team All-SEC honors as a sophomore and junior and was awarded the 2017 Conerly Trophy, given to the best college football player in the state of Mississippi.
• As the No. 5 receiver in the country in 2016 according to 247Sports, Brown originally committed to play both college baseball and football at Ole Miss. He was drafted as an outfielder by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Padres, preventing him from playing college baseball while still being eligible for football.
What the Eagles said about Brown
“Really excited just to have him on this team. He plays with great play strength. This is a strong man. He’s quick for a big guy and he just catches everything. Those are things that really stick out from his tape. And there’s no projection there. You’ve seen it and you’ve seen it for three years now. It’s just exciting to put on his tape and watch it.” – Head Coach Nick Sirianni
“It was a priority to get the right players. And this, for us, was the right player, was the right fit. I can’t tell you that we were definitely going to draft a wide receiver in the first round. We had some other players we were looking at here, but I think we felt like this particular player, this particular person, the fit was really good for what we had and what we were looking for.
“A.J. Brown was someone we studied coming out and spent a lot of time on. We had a lot of love for A.J. Brown in that draft. Obviously, things went a different way in that draft. But, really excited to get him, just in terms of how Coach can use him and his vision for A.J. Brown in this offense and how he complements the other guys that we have here. And, as you guys may or may not know, his relationship…