John "Smokey" Brown

" Nothing is too big for him. He’s so young and so raw and so fast and so explosive. I mean, for him to pull away from everybody like that. I’m not surprised and I expected him to do what he did."

- Carson Palmer on how John Brown caught the game winner against the Eagles

Early Life and Cardinals Career
John Brown was born on April 3, 1990 in Homestead, Florida. He attended Mars Hill college and became SAC freshman of the year before transferring to Coffeyville Community College and later Pittsburgh State University. Brown was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2014 NFL Draft (91st pick overall). He was put right to work as Larry Fitzgerald was ignored by back-up quarterbacks all season. Brown had 5 touchdowns of the season including a game winning touchdown in week 7 against the Philadelphia Eagles and 2-touchdown game against the 49-ers in week 2. John Brown was one of the Cardinals few key players who were not injured whereas many were costing the Cardinals a playoff win in the '14 playoffs.