Browner, Ross
Football
b. March 22, 1954, Warren, OH
An All-American defensive end at Notre Dame in 1976 and 1977, Browner won the Outland Trophy as the nation's outstanding interior lineman in 1976 and the Lombardi Award as the outstanding college lineman of the year in 1977.
The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder was a first-round draft choice of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals in 1978, the eighth player selected overall. He was a starter for the Bengals until 1985, when he was suspended for three months because of drug use.
Browner played briefly for the Houston Gamblers of the U. S. Football League in 1985, then returned to the Bengals for part of the season. He finished his career with the Green Bay Packers in 1987.