Dave Brown

David Michael Brown (born February 25, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football for the Duke Blue Devils.

Brown grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, and played high school football at Westfield High School, graduating in 1988.

After his career in football, Brown went on to become a director at New York Life Investment Management. In 2008, he joined Lehman Brothers where he served as a Senior Vice President of Lehman's Private Fund Marketing Group. Brown left Lehman Brothers in 2008 to become the Co-Head of Greenhill's Private Capital Advisory Group. In 2015, he joined Moelis & Company to lead their new private equity fundraising business.

College Brown had a successful career at Duke University. In his November 4, 1989, starting debut he threw for 444 yards against Wake Forest University, including a 97-yard touchdown to wide receiver Clarkston Hines to establish Duke's longest play from scrimmage. Later that month, Brown set a school single-game record with 479 passing yards against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, upending Duke's rival, 41–0, to finish the year with seven straight wins and a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. The Blue Devils subsequently received a bid to play in the All-American Bowl, Duke's first bowl game in almost 30 years. In 1991, Brown was chosen as the recipient of Duke's Carmen Falcone Team MVP Award.

Brown ranks in the top ten in the following categories for Duke football offensive players: total offensive yards in a season (#5, 2,851), total offensive yards in a career(#5, 5,770), total offensive yards in a game (#2, 470), and two-point attempts in a game (#1, 3). His first appearance came on December 12, 1992, when he was forced into the lineup due to injuries of Phil Simms, Jeff Hostetler, and Kent Graham, dropping a 19–0 decision to the Phoenix Cardinals. To make matters worse, Brown himself was injured during the game and did not play a down the rest of the season.

Following Simms' release after the following season, Brown won the starting job in 1994 and helped guide his team to a 9–7 record, including a season-ending six-game winning streak. However, the Giants won only a combined 11 games in the next two seasons and their offense finished statistically worst in the league in 1996. This finish led to the firing of Dan Reeves, and the hiring of noted QB guru Jim Fassel.

After injuring his chest during a game against the Dallas Cowboys, Brown lost his starting job in 1997 and was never able to re-claim it. Jim Fassel went the rest of the season with Danny Kanell at quarterback and had an unexpected run to the playoffs and division title. In the off-season Brown was signed by the Arizona Cardinals to play primarily as a backup, and he ended up finishing his career in 2001 with Arizona.

Following his career in professional football, Brown moved on to investment management.

NFL career statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacked 1992 NYG 2 0 — 4 7 57.1 21 3.0 8 0 0 62.2 2 -1 -0.5 1 0 4 9 1993 NYG 1 0 — 0 0 — 0 0.0 0 0 0 — 3 -4 -1.3 -1 0 0 0 1994 NYG 15 15 9–6 201 350 57.4 2,536 7.2 53 12 16 72.5 60 196 3.3 21 2 42 248 1995 NYG 16 16 5–11 254 456 55.7 2,814 6.2 57 11 10 73.1 45 228 5.1 23 4 44 206 1996 NYG 16 16 6–10 214 398 53.8 2,412 6.1 37 12 20 61.3 50 170 3.4 18 0 49 276 1997 NYG 7 6 3–3 93 180 51.7 1,023 5.7 62 5 3 71.1 17 29 1.7 7 1 13 67 1998 ARI 1 0 — 2 5 40.0 31 6.2 19 0 0 61.2 1 2 2.0 2 0 1 6 1999 ARI 8 5 3–2 84 169 49.7 944 5.6 71 2 6 55.9 13 49 3.8 10 0 18 130 2000 ARI 6 2 0–2 40 69 58.0 467 6.8 44 2 3 70.1 1 0 0.0 0 0 10 53 2001 ARI 1 0 — 0 0 — 0 0.0 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 0 Career 73 60 26–34 892 1,634 54.6 10,248 6.3 71 44 58 67.9 192 669 3.5 23 7 181 1,005