COLLEGE CAREER

Brown attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), where he played for coach Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1993 to 1996.​
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Cornell Brown became the first Virginia Tech football player to gain consensus All-America honors as a junior when he was named to five first teams in 1995. Brown was a first-team A-A pick by AP, UPI, the Football Writers Association, The Sporting News and Football News. He finished the year with 103 total tackles, including a BIG EAST-leading 14 sacks. He was selected National Defensive Player of the Year by Football News and was one of five finalists for the Defensive Player of the Year. In 1996, Brown missed three games, but still earned first-team honors from Walter Camp and second-team recognition from AP. He posted eight sacks, five other tackles behind the line, 19 quarterback hurries and 58 total tackles during the '96 season. Brown had his #58 jersey retired on Nov. 20, 2002, during the West Virginia game.​

​Brown has also been inducted into the Virginia Tech Hall of Fame in 2007; Inducted into the Lynchburg, VA City Hall of Fame in 2009; Inducted as the Virginia Tech ACC Legend, 2010;
Inducted into the State of Virginia Hall of Fame, 2012.
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Bowl/Playoff Experience
Player
1993 Independence (Virginia Tech vs. Indiana)
1994 Gator (Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee)
1995 Sugar (Virginia Tech vs. Texas)
1996 Orange (Virginia Tech vs. Nebraska)
2000 Super Bowl XXXV (Baltimore vs. NY Giants)
2001 NFL Playoffs (AFC semifinals)
2003 NFL Playoffs (AFC semifinals)