The following year, Brown was a consensus first-team All-American and was the first wide receiver in UM history to amass over 1,000 yards receiving, with 220 of those yards (on 10 catches) coming in the famous "Hail Flutie" shootout with Boston College.
[1] In 1985 he won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award with 53 receptions for 942 yards and eight touchdowns.
Brown also set a franchise record for most receiving yards in a single game (216) in the 1988 season, which stood until surpassed by Johnson's 260 receiving yards in a game during the 2006 season.
A ruptured disc in his neck was discovered early in Bengals training camp in 1992.
In 1993, he was granted free agency but eventually returned to Cincinnati after experiencing a slow market for his services.