Set for 2:30 pm on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium, the Medal of Honor Bowl is a premier all-star game the features the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, disabled veterans and wounded warriors.

A product of Johns Island where he played scholastically at St. John’s High School, Brown enjoyed a stellar career at South Carolina State. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the eighth round (201st overall pick) in 1982, where he spent the 1982-84 seasons.

Brown was instrumental in the Redskins’ 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII that was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Brown, as a rookie, added a fourth quarter insurance touchdown with his 6-yard scoring pass from quarterback Joe Theismann.

He then moved to the Atlanta Falcons, where he played from 1985-87, and concluded his playing career as a wide receiver and defensive back for the Washington Commandos of the Arena Football League in 1990.

Twice selected for the Pro Bowl (1982-83), Brown caught 220 passes for 3,548 yards and 25 touchdowns.

He is currently head coach of the Kingstree Senior High School Jaguars varsity football team in Kingstree, SC.

Tickets for the Medal of Honor Bowl can be purchased now online at MOHBowl.com/tickets, or at The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office in McAlister Field House or at 843/953-DOGS (3647).

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Charlie Brown
1982–84 Washington Redskins
1985-87 Atlanta Falcons
1990 Washington Commandos