Trey Brown


Theotis "Trey" Brown III is an American professional football executive and former player who is an Assistant General Manager for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played professionally as a cornerback. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning second-team College Football [All-America Team |All-American] honors in 2007. Brown was hired by the Bengals in 2021.

Career

Playing career

As a player, he was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. He also played for the New York Sentinels.

NFL scout

Brown has spent 14 years in the National Football League as a scout/executive. From 2010 to 2012, he was a scout with the New England Patriots. Then, from 2013 to 2018, he was with the Philadelphia Eagles in a variety of capacities including the Director of College Scouting from 2016 to 2018. After a 2 year stint running organizations in other pro football leagues, Brown returned to the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021 and has been with them ever since. Brown has made the Super Bowl with all three NFL teams he has worked for: as an Area Scout after the 2011 season with the New England Patriots, as the Director of College Scouting after the 2017 season with the Philadelphia Eagles, and as a Scout after the 2021 season with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Brown has interviewed for multiple General Manager jobs over the past 7 seasons. His first GM interview came with the Buffalo Bills after the draft in May 2017. Brown then proceeded to have 3 GM interviews with the Raiders over a 6 year period. In December of 2018, Brown interviewed with the Oakland Raiders, and in January of both 2022 and 2024 Brown interviewed for the Las Vegas Raiders GM job. After the 2024 season, Brown had 2 more GM interviews, one with the Jacksonville Jaguars and another with the New York Jets where he was a finalist for the job. He also turned down a request to interview for the New England Patriots top job in 2024.
On July 18, 2025, the Bengals promoted Brown to Assistant General Manager.

AAF and XFL

After his first two stops in the NFL, Brown spent the next two years building rosters from scratch in the AAF with the Birmingham Iron and XFL with the St. Louis BattleHawks as it afforded him the opportunity to "do things that you probably wouldn't get a chance to do or get experience in the NFL." In the AAF, he had already clinched a playoff spot with the Birmingham Iron when the league folded. In the XFL, the BattleHawks were tied for first place in their division when the league folded.

Media

In 2016, Brown appeared in a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 TV commercial.