Jack Brewer

Jack Brewer (born January 8, 1979) is a former American football safety who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Arizona Cardinals.

He attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, where he competed in football and track, and played football while earning both bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Minnesota.

Brewer now serves as the CEO of The Brewer Group, Chair of Center for Opportunity Now at America First Policy Institute, White House Presidential Appointee as the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, Board Member, for the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, Vice Chair of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group, Founder & Executive Director of The Jack Brewer Foundation, on the Board of Directors at the Geo Group, Inc, and a Fox News, Yahoo Finance, & NewsMax TV Media Contributor.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Brewer grew up in nearby Grapevine where he stood up to white supremacy hate groups during his adolescent years.

Brewer won the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in the Triple Jump in 1994 and was the number one ranked triple jumper in the nation entering High School.

Brewer set school records in every grade and went on to advance to the Regional track meet as a true freshman on varsity.

As a senior wide receiver in 1996, Brewer had 51 catches for 941 yards and ten touchdowns.

Brewer was a team captain and led the 15–0 team to the University Interscholastic League 4A state title, the first in the schools 90 year history.

Brewer was a Texas Top 100 ranked recruit and two way player who had over 100 tackles his senior season.

Brewer was All-State in Football and Track, where he held the state record in triple jump with a leap of 51 feet and 4 inches, including winning the Texas Relays.

As a blue chip recruit, Brewer received over 41 Division 1 football and track scholarship offers and graduated with a 3.4 GPA.

As a freshman, Brewer attended Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he played wide receiver and was an All-American Candidate and a Disney World Record Holder for track.

He went on to graduate with honors from Grapevine High School in 1997.

Brewer was a team captain in football and 4 year letter winner in track in high school.

He had 19 receptions for 352 yards and four touchdowns in the season for the SMU Mustangs in 1997.

Brewer transferred to the University of Minnesota after one year at SMU.

At Minnesota, Brewer redshirted the 1998 season per NCAA transfer rules before regaining his eligibility as a redshirt sophomore.

His sophomore and junior seasons, Brewer was a two way player, starting games at defensive back and wide receiver, while leading the special teams in tackles.

As a Junior, Brewer was third on the team with 22 catches for 286 yards.

Brewers physical play helped him finish his senior season with 155 tackles, a school record at the University of Minnesota.

Brewer was a vocal team captain who was a first team All Big Ten selection at defensive back by the media after leading the Big Ten Conference in tackles with 14.1 per game and 16.2 per game for Big Ten contests.

Brewer had record breaking games, including a 25 tackle performance against the University of Michigan, a 21 tackle game against Ohio State University and 18 tackles against Northwestern.

Brewers record breaking season crowned him as the Nation's Leading Tackler for Defensive Backs in 2001.

He earned the Carl Eller Award for outstanding defensive player, and the Paul Giel Award for most unselfish player with most concern for the university.

He was also selected to play in the East–West Shrine Game, where NFL scouts expressed to him that they were impressed with his nose for the ball.

Brewer was a 3 time Academic All-Big 10 Award winner who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Minnesota at the age of 22, prior to going to the National Football League.

In 2002, Brewer was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent.

In his first year with the Vikings, Brewer played in 15 games and had one start.

He led the team with 26 special teams tackles, five tackles against the Buffalo Bills which tied him for second most in a game in team history and the most special teams tackles in a game since Harold Morrow's five against Tampa Bay.

Brewers’ first career interception came in a sold out conference rivalry game against the Green Bay Packers.

Brewer intercepted Brett Favre to seal the victory for the Minnesota Vikings.

The play ended in a late hit by Favre as well as a punch to the face mask of Brewer, which later resulted in a league fine against Favre.

In Brewer's second year with the Vikings, he was voted a Team Captain and played in six games; he was inactive for the first three games of the season after suffering a chest injury in preseason.

On October 26, 2003, he blocked a Jeff Feagles punt against the New York Giants – the Vikings' first blocked punt since 1989.

The Vikings waived Brewer on March 17, 2004.

On March 18, 2004, Brewer signed with the New York Giants off waivers.

Brewer was a special teams captain for the New York Giants and received two game balls that season despite the team only winning 6 games.

Brewer was injured early in the 2005 NFL season and was placed on injured reserve by the Giants.

Once recovered from his surgery, Brewer signed with the Philadelphia Eagles on November 16 to replace the injured Sean Considine, Brewer played in six games with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005 and led the team in special teams tackles per game.

Brewer was credited with 19 total special teams tackles in 6 games and twice led the team with four special teams tackles in a game.