Displayed a good mix of rushing and receiving running 523 times for 2539 yards and 7 TDs, to go along with 70 receptions for 631 yards and 2 receiving TDs over his college career.
Selected in the 4th round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
His entire rookie season would be a wash as he suffered a ruptured Achilles.
Waived by the Giants in 2010, he’d see a little playtime with the Broncos.
Claimed off of Waivers by the Colts mid season, Brown was also seen on the rosters of the Panthers and Redskins before the end of 2010.
Resigned with the Giants in 2011.
Andre finally got his day in the sun in 2012 after starter Ahmad Bradshaw went down with injury.
Saw action in 10 games, starting 2, rushing for 385 yards on 73 carries scoring 8 TDs.
Ended his season that year on IR after breaking his tibia.
During the preseason the following year, Brown injured his leg and missed the first 8 contests of 2013.
Ran for a career high 492 yards on 139 carries and 3 TDs, with 20 receptions for 103 yards.
Signed with the Houston Texans after the season in 2014, but did not make the squad.
NOTES:
I thought that Andre Brown was going to turn it around with the Texans but he wouldn’t even make it out of camp that year. He fell behind early in camp and didn’t even take a snap in the team’s first pre season game, falling behind Jonathan Grimes and Alfred Blue.
Tabbed 37 total tackles, 1 sack, and 2 picks in 1991.
Against Orlando that season, he blocked and returned a field goal 57 yards.
Followed that up in 1992 with 3 picks for 89 yards in 1992.
NOTES:
Tony Jones WR-DB from Florida (pictured here) is not to be confused with Tony Jones WR from Texas or Tony Jones who played for the Browns- that ALL played around this same era.
Tony’s Ultimate World League card is considered an error because he was listed as a WR, although it could probably be overlooked or forgiven since he did play WR in college. (It is an uncorrected error.)
Back around the time I had gotten ahold of Andre Alexander through Facebook I dug through his friends list and reached out to Tony. At that time I must have said the wrong thing or talked about the success of Fresno State at the World League level. He thumbs downed my conversation starter- so I took that as bad.
Later my Instagram friend Brent was able to get him TTM and said he was pretty cool and wrote him a nice note. I thought I should give him another shot and he signed these two cards for me in no time flat!
Kendrick Starling played WR at Navarro JC in 1999 and 2000.
He caught 111 passes for 2305 yards and 26 TDs.
Joined Marshall University for 2001, and later transferred for San Jose State in 2002.
Kendrick Starling played for the Spartans for two years.
In 23 games he had 77 receptions for 899 yards and 5 TDs.
He also led the conference in yards per return on kick returns, averaging 28.1 yards on 20 returns, netting 562 yards.
Undrafted in 2004, he’d sign with the Houston Texans.
He made the squad that year, used primarily on special teams seeing action in 8 contests.
In 2005 Starling hopped around practice squads, leaving the Texans for Seattle, and later in the season for New Orleans.
Rejoined the Texans in 2006 and was allocated to NFL Europa to play for the Rhein Fire.
A long bomb threat, Kendrick caught 13 passes for 320 yards and 3 TDs, and lead the league with 24.6 yards per reception.
After being waived by the Texans after camp in 2006, Starling signed with the Eskimos the following year in 2007.
He’d catch 2 passes for 18 yards for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats that season in 3 contests.
In 2025, Starling was sentenced to 25 years in prison for abuse of a child.
NOTES:
The Texans during this period were always looking for a long bomb solution to groom next to Andre Johnson. Someone who could also be a special teams kick or punt returner as well. Starling fit that bill and I remember really hoping he’d pan out. He was considered a deep sleeper entering the draft. He quickly developed into a guy you could cheer for, with a fun personality, style, but a humble willingness to learn. Unfortunately things did not work out for him.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
