Ben Brown

Brown spent his rookie season in 2022 on the Reserve/Injured list after suffering a biceps injury during training camp ... Originally joined the team as a college free agent signee in May of '22 ... A native of Vicksburg, Miss., he spent four seasons (2018-21) at Mississippi, starting all 40 games he appeared in ... Lined up at RG and C during his college career ... Listed as a C by the Bengals ... Allowed just one sack in 673 pass blocks over his final two seasons (2020-21) ... Key member of explosive offense at Ole Miss that ranked in the top 25 nationally in total offense, rushing yards per game and passing yards per game in 2021.

Pro Career:

• Brown spent his rookie season in 2022 on the Reserve/Injured list after suffering a biceps injury during training camp ... Originally joined the team as a college free agent signee in May of '22 ... A native of Vicksburg, Miss., he spent four seasons (2018-21) at Mississippi, starting all 40 games he appeared in ... Lined up at RG and C during his college career ... Listed as a C by the Bengals ... Allowed just one sack in 673 pass blocks over his final two seasons (2020-21) ... Key member of explosive offense at Ole Miss that ranked in the top 25 nationally in total offense, rushing yards per game and passing yards per game in 2021.

Career Transactions:

• Signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on 5-13-22.

2022 Season:

• Played 34 snaps at center in the first preseason contest against Arizona before suffering a biceps injury ... Was placed on the Reserve/Injured list and missed the entire regular season and postseason.

College:

• Played four seasons (2018-21) at the University of Mississippi after redshirting his freshman year in 2017 ... Started all 40 games played, playing three seasons at RG and one (2020) at C ... Suffered season-ending injury after starting first six games as a senior ... Played 816 offensive snaps in 10 starts at C as a junior ... Named to watch list for the Rimington Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's best center ... Earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors after starting all 12 contests at RG in 2018 ... Blocked for a passing offense that ranked fifth in the country in passing yards per game (346.4) and ninth in total yards per game (510.5) ... redshirted as a freshman in 2017.

High School/Personal:

• Hometown is Vicksburg, Miss. ... Attended St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg ... Started all 12 games as an offensive and defensive lineman his senior year ... Lettered in four sports (football, basketball, track and power lifting) ... Graduated from Mississippi with a degree in exercise science in December 2020 ... Father, Tim, and multiple other family members played football at Ole Miss.