Media guide musings: Drafted by the Bears in the fourth round of the 2002 draft out of Florida, where he majored in recreation program delivery. Played linebacker in high school for Hamilton County High School in White Springs, Fla. Four-sack game Nov. 7, 2004 against the Giants earned him NFL Defensive Player of the Week honors and a giant payday 3½ weeks later. Signed through 2009.
Vitals: 27 years old, 6 feet 3 inches, 260 pounds.
Favorite pro team growing up: 49ers
College team growing up: Miami and “North Carolina because I liked Lawrence Taylor.”
Favorite non-football sport to play: Basketball
To watch: “I’ll watch any sport when it’s the playoffs. I guess when all the chips are on the table and you know they’re playing. I don’t know, when you got 150 games a year, it’s kinda hard to come ready to play every single game. I don’t like watching those games. When it’s the playoffs, you know they’re coming ready to play.”
Favorite player growing up: Lawrence Taylor
What’s on the iPod when you work out? Trick Daddy
Toughest 1-on-1 match-up you’ve ever faced: Walter Jones, second year in the NFL.
Favorite game you’ve ever played in: Florida vs. Tennessee, 1999 [Brown’s Gators won 23-21 over defending NCAA champion Tennessee on Sept. 18]
Favorite game you’ve watched as a fan: Florida-Florida State, 1997
Toughest loss you’ve ever had as a player: “The last one. The last loss. Whatever the last loss was, it’s the toughest. I hate losing.”
Toughest loss you’ve watched as a fan: LSU-Florida, 2002
Favorite team right now not named “Bears”: Miami Heat
Best advice you ever received: “Never be content with average, because average is as close to the top as it is to the bottom.”
High school mascot: Trojans
Toughest rivalry you’ve been a part of: Florida-Florida State, though most fun was Florida-Georgia
TV show you can’t miss: House
Rahula Strohl
