There are a few players that many others want to be like when it comes to the sport. One of them is Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. Having been in the National Football League (NFL) since 2010, he has become a player to be reckoned with in the league with his many accomplishments. Away from football, Antonio has also been able to maintain a rather interesting lifestyle. Here’s everything you need to know about him.
Antonio Brown Biography and Age
It was on July 10, 1988 in Miami that the NFLstar was born as Antonio Tavaris Brown Sr. He was raised primarily by his mother Adrianne Moss alongside his brother, Desmond Brown in Miami. Much later in his teens, he left due to issues he was having with his stepfather.
His interest in football started since he was a little boy and there is nothing surprising about that because his father, Eddie Brown, was a wide receiver who rose to fame in the Arena Football League (AFL) where he played had a very successful career. That’s even though his dad wasn’t so much in his life while he was growing up.
For his education, Antonio went to MiamiNorland High School and from there he went to Central Michigan University. In high school, he was passionate about football and athletics. He continued with college football and with a record 110 receptions in 2009 and a college career record 305 receptions, he then decided to enter the 2010 NFL Draft.
Antonio was selected in the sixth round by the Steelers and made his debut in the game against the Tennessee Titans in September of that year. Throughout his career, which remained on the same team, Brown made 6 Pro Bowl appearances, four All-Pro appearances, and was named the NFL’s receiving yards leader as well as the league’s receiving yards leader. NFL twice each.
Career statistics
As noted, Antonio Brown has only played for the Pittsburgh Steelers since he started his NFL career in 2010. Since then, he has played over 115 games in which he recorded 733 receptions, gaining 9,910 yards. reception. More so, he averaged 15.2 and 59 touchdowns.
Becoming the first player in the NFL to have over a hundred receptions, over 1,200 receiving yards and over 5 receiving TDs in five consecutive seasons, the wide receiver was ranked second NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 list, with Tom Brady as the only man above him.
wife or girlfriend
In case you were wondering, Antonio Brown never had a wife since he was never married. Nevertheless, he has maintained many relationships in the past. Her relationship life hasn’t been the quieter or uneventful you hoped it would be.
The most popular relationship he had was with Chelsie Kyriss. Although she has two children from a previous relationship, Kyriss seems to have a great relationship with Antonio and some friends have even reportedly asked her to pop the question and make her his wife. Over six years and three children later, the two are still together.
Nonetheless, it’s not a relationship without its own issues as they went on a bit of a break in 2017 when the footballer was linked to Instagram model and aspiring actress, Jena Frumes. At the time, Chelsie was pregnant with the couple’s third child.
Interestingly enough, before the two Chelsie Kyriss there was Shameika Brailsford who he dated in the past. The relationship between the two has not been without problems, but it has produced a son Antonio Brown Jr., born in 2007.
Salary and net worth
Antonio not only was in the NFL for a very long time, he was also a very important player who definitely wrote his name in good ink. That said, he came to make his fortune through the sports he loves and practices. This is what gave him an estimated net worth of $16 million.
In 2017, he signed a 4-year contract extension that would keep him in Pittsburgh for much longer. Based on the contract which was valued at $60 million and made him the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL, his annual salary is $18.5 million through the end of the 2021 season.
Height and width
As you would expect with anyone who plays in the NFL, Antonio Brown is a man with a good size and an athletic build. He is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall and his body weight is 82 kg (181 lb).