Rufus Brown

Rufus Brown is an American former professional football wide receiver/defensive back for the Arizona Rattlers in the Arena [Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League].
Brown graduated from Austin [High School (El Paso, Texas)|Austin High School] in El Paso, Texas. He attended Florida State University, where he played football all four years. After playing on the 1999 [Florida State Seminoles football team|championship team in 1999], he was a starter for the latter two of those years, graduating in 2002 with a degree in Information management. He signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2004. After playing on the team's scout team for most of the season, he made his National Football League debut early in 2005. After that season, he was allocated to the Hamburg [Sea Devils (NFL Europe)|Hamburg Sea Devils], for whom he posted fifteen tackles. In 2005, he signed with the San Jose SaberCats, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons on injured reserve.