Career
He played for six seasons for the Saint Louis Cardinals, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Kansas City Chiefs. His football career was ended by a heart attack at age 27. Brown was raised in Oakland, California and attended Skyline High School Skyline High School (Oakland, California).
Aside from football, Brown also played baseball at Skyline.
Nicknamed "Big Foot" and "Chocolate Thunder", Brown rushed for 2,914 yards (Number 7 all-time) as a University of California, Los Angeles Bruin from 1976–1978. He is the father of former University of California, Los Angeles cornerback Theotis "Trey" Brown, III. Brown has one daughter, Taylor.
On November 4, 2011, Brown was inducted into the University of California, Los Angeles Athletics Hall of Fame.