{"id":1549454,"date":"2023-02-10T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1549454"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:45:19","slug":"a-j-brown-would-be-playing-for-the-kansas-city-chiefs-if-willie-gay-had-his-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/a-j-brown-would-be-playing-for-the-kansas-city-chiefs-if-willie-gay-had-his-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Brown Would Be Playing for the Kansas City Chiefs If Willie Gay Had His Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A.J. Brown is preparing for his first trip to the Super Bowl<\/a> after putting together the best season of his career in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/a> After three years with the Tennessee Titans, Brown was traded to the Eagles before the 2022 season and put up career-high numbers in multiple categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Eagles are set to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 57 in a battle of the NFL's top seeds.<\/a> If Kansas City linebacker Willie Gay had any say, Brown would be in a Chiefs uniform Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brown and Gay grew up in the same neighborhood and played high school football together at Starkville High School in Starkville, Mississippi. As a senior, Brown played a significant role in leading the Yellow Jackets to a 6A state title. He caught 13 touchdown passes and had better than 1,300 receiving yards. Brown was also a two-sport standout, excelling in baseball. The San Diego Padres drafted him<\/a> as an outfielder in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA.J. Brown and Willie Gay were high school teammates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n