Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown is one of the budding superstars in the NFL today, and he’s rightfully receiving recognition as a result.
Brown was an absolute stud for the Titans in 2019, his rookie campaign. The Ole Miss product and former second-round pick totaled 1,051 yards and nine total touchdowns (eight receiving), both tops among rookies.
On top of that, Brown proved to be one of the most explosive receivers in the league overall thanks to his physicality and underrated speed, as evidenced by his 20.2 yards per reception, the second-best mark in the NFL.
From Week 7 on, which is when Ryan Tannehill took over under center, Brown was graded as the third-best receiver in the entire league, per Pro Football Focus.
One can only imagine the kind of numbers Brown can produce with a full season of Tannehill throwing him the football after he totaled four of his five 100-yard games following the change at quarterback.
All of these impressive numbers has led to Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon ranking Brown on its list of the “Top 25 Under 25” NFL players. He comes in at No. 22.
“A.J. Brown doesn’t get as much attention as fellow young receivers like Metcalf and Smith-Schuster, but the Tennessee Titans second-round pick was the only rookie in the NFL to accumulate over 1,000 receiving yards in 2019, and he also tied for the rookie lead with eight touchdown catches.”
“Most encouragingly, Brown was that outlet’s third-highest-graded receiver dating back to Week 7, which, not coincidentally, is when Ryan Tannehill took over at quarterback in Tennessee. The future is wildly bright.”
While a lot of us had Brown pegged as the NFL Rookie of the Year, he ended up finishing third behind the winner, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, and the runner-up, Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs.
At the time, Brown wasn’t happy about getting snubbed, and understandably so; however, that will only serve as motivation for Brown to come back even better than he was in 2019 — and that should scare the rest of the league.
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