Kris Brown

Infobox NFLactive


currentteam=Houston Texans
currentnumber=3
currentpositionplain=Kicker
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|12|23
birthplace=Irving, Texas
heightft=5
heightin=11
weight=208
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Pittsburgh Steelers
college=Nebraska
draftyear=1999
draftround=7
draftpick=228
pastteams=
* Pittsburgh Steelers (1999-2001)
* Houston Texans (2002-present)
statweek=17
statseason=2007
statlabel1=Field Goals Made
statvalue1=202
statlabel2=Field Goals Attempted
statvalue2=261
statlabel3=Field Goals %
statvalue3=77.4
nfl=BRO521985

Kristopher Clayton Brown (born December 23, 1976, in Irving, Texas) is an American football placekicker for the Houston Texans in the National Football League.

He was originally drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first six years of his NFL career, he has converted 132 of 173 field goals (76%) and scored 573 points. He has been a key player for the expansion team Houston Texans, being their placekicker for the entirety of the team's existence.

High school career

Brown attended Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, and was a letterman in football.

As a senior, he was a first team All-District honoree and an honorable Mention All-State honoree. He also earned honorable mention All-America honors from Blue Chip Illustrated. He made 16 of 18 field goal attempts as a senior, including one of 50 yards. In addition to his placekicking and punting duties, he was Carroll's starting quarterback during his final two seasons.

College career

Kris was a four-year letter winner at University of Nebraska, where he held numerous school career records and left ranking seventh in NCAA history with 388 points. He also holds Cornhusker marks in career field goals (57 of 77), PATs (217 of 222), consecutive PATs (125), and consecutive field goals (17). He finished as Nebraska’s all-time leading scorer. He also holds the NCAA record for PATs (217). Named to the Nebraska All-Century Team by The Omaha World-Herald, he also was a first-team All-Big 12 pick and first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection as a senior, scored 89 points, connecting on 14 of 21 FGs and 47 of 48 PATs

NFL career

Pittsburgh Steelers

Following his college career, Brown was drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 draft (228th overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown saw action immediately in his rookie season leading his team in scoring with 105 points, while seeing action in all 16 games of the regular season.

Brown remained with the Steelers through the 2001 season, but had a crucial field goal kick blocked in the AFC Championship game that was returned for a touchdown. Brown also struggled in the team's first season at Heinz Field when the field conditions at the stadium were starting to become apparent.

Following the 2001 season Brown sought free agency and was granted the right to sign with another team. In 2002, Brown chose to sign with the newly formed Houston Texans as a restricted free agent. The Steelers chose not to match the Texans offer, opting to initially go with Todd Peterson before going with current kicker Jeff Reed midseason after Peterson was injured.

Houston Texans

Kris Brown won the job as starting placekicker for the Texans and has held the position for the franchise its entire five season history. On Christmas Eve 2006, Brown nailed a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Texans their first career win over the Indianapolis Colts.

Kris Brown kicked five field goals on October 7, 2007, against the Miami Dolphins at home, including the game-winner on a career-long 57-yarder with a second remaining, to lead the Texans to a 22-19 victory over Miami. Brown set an NFL single-game record with three field goals of 54 yards or more. He hit two 54-yarders earlier in the game. Neil Rackers and Morten Andersen are the only other kickers to kick 3 field goals of 50+ yards in a single game.

[http://www.houstontexans.com/team/player.asp?player_id=9 Player profile] at HoustonTexans.com.

Charity work

Off the playing field, Brown has demonstrated his commitment to charity.

During his three seasons for the Steelers, Brown was very active in the Pittsburgh community. He volunteered his efforts for The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Junior Achievement’s “Kickin’ for Kids” program.

During his recent career with the Texans, Brown has raised $384,000 for Texas Children’s Hospital Charity Care Program through his program Kris Brown’s Kick Club. The program's mission is to provide hope, medical resources, and healing for patients at Texas Children's Hospital that do not have the ability to provide these for themselves and to increase community awareness about their needs.

His involvement stemmed from a personal experience that Brown dealt with as a child. His sister April was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the age of 11. April beat the odds and has been in remission for 13 years. The support his family received during the ordeal served as the inspiration to form Kris Brown's Kick Club.

On March 7, 2004, Brown greeted President George Bush when he landed at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. President Bush honored Kris and Texas Children's Hospital for their charity efforts.

In addition, Brown started the “Kicks for Kids” program in 2002, partnering with Ikon and Academy Sports & Outdoors to donate $800 to the Houston Texans Foundation for every to benefit Family Services of Greater Houston.

Family

He is married to Amy, couple lives in Bellaire with their son, Kolby, and daughter Carly, and son, Burke.