But then he came here on a 30 visit and he’s just got this infectious personality.” “I think he’s got the components of what make up a Niner. “He’s a baller,” Niners GM John Lynch told San Francisco media. He was a team captain as a senior and was named Defensive MVP of the Rose Bowl in January. One of the most famous NFL players from Trenton, of course, was longtime Eagles cornerback Troy Vincent, who attended Pennsbury High and was a first-round pick in 1992.īrown became known for his ball-hawking skills in a Power Five conference, racking up 10 interceptions, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries over the past two seasons. I didn’t know when, I didn’t know where, but I knew I had the talent and I was more than capable of playing in the NFL.”īrown is the sixth player born in Trenton to reach the NFL in the last decade and the first since Nottingham High graduate Saquon Hampton in 2019.

I knew I was going to be in this NFL Draft, I knew I was going to be drafted. “I just didn’t know the path that God had set for me. “I always knew I had the talent,” Brown told San Francisco media on Friday night. That was no shock given where mock drafts pegged Brown after a stellar senior season at Penn State, but his ascension from high school was almost unprecedented. The San Francisco 49ers selected the former Trenton High star with the 87th overall pick (third round) in the NFL Draft on Friday night. Ji’Ayir Brown has defied the odds and then some.

Few people could have guessed that a kid from Trenton who initially went to junior college would one day be in the NFL.

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