Amon-Ra Julian Heru J. St. Brown is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was drafted by the Lions in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
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In the first game of his college career, St. Brown had seven receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown.
On September 15, St. Brown finished with a career-high 167 yards receiving in a game against Texas. St. Brown finished his freshman season with 60 catches, 750 yards, and three touchdowns.
As a sophomore in 2019, he finished with 77 receptions for 1,042 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns, adding seven rushes for 60 yards and another touchdown.
As a junior in 2020, he finished with 41 receptions for 478 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in six games. He signed his four-year rookie contract with Detroit on June 17, 2021.
Amon-Ra St. Brown Parents: Meet John Brown and Miriam Steyer
St. Brown’s mother, Miriam Brown, is from Leverkusen, Germany. His father, John Brown, was a bodybuilder in the 1980s and a two-time Mr Universe.
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St. Brown is also a community ambassador for Unite Health Share Ministries, a Christian healthcare non-profit organization.
In addition to English, St. Brown also speaks fluent German and French. His father chose his children’s names from an interest in African names, particularly Egyptian ones.
St. Brown was named after Amun, the supreme deity in the Egyptian religion, due to his father’s interest in black consciousness and African heritage.
St. Brown attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California as a freshman before transferring to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. As a senior in 2017, he had 72 receptions for 1,320 yards and 20 touchdowns.
A five-star recruit, St. Brown committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football. He played with future USC teammate JT Daniels at Mater Dei.
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