Career
Brewer was born in Eustis, Florida. He attended Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida, and played for the Apopka Blue Darters high school baseball team Brewer attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold"s Florida Gators baseball team from 1985 to 1987.
The Saint Louis Cardinals selected Brewer in the fifth round of the 1987 amateur draft.
