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Marquise Brown Injury History & Updates

Basic StatsMarquise Brown’s Basic Stats

Marquise Brown
ADP: N/A
Bye: 6
Experience: 5
Age: 27.4
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 180
40 Time: 4.32
Speed Score: 90.10

Injury PredictorMarquise Brown's Injury Guide

Very High Risk

Chance of Injury in 2024

78%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

8.5%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2024

2.40

Durability

5.00

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

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Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Dec 1, 2018 Non-NFL Pedal Foot Sprain Brown was carted off with a clear leg injury and returned to the sideline with crutches and a boot for his left foot.
Oct 6, 2019 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Brown suffered the ankle injury during the win over the Steelers. He missed practices in the following days and he was sidelined for to the next two games
Feb 25, 2020 NFL Pedal Lisfranc Fracture Brown had off-season surgery to remove a screw from his injured foot, hampered by a Lisfranc injury. He is expected to be fine by training camp.
Oct 7, 2020 NFL Knee Patella Sprain Brown was a limited participant ahead of Week 5 game due to a knee injury. He was active for the game against the Bengals.
Dec 24, 2020 NFL Knee Patella Sprain Brown missed practice ahead of Week 16 game due to the knee issue. He was available for the game against the Giants.
Jul 29, 2021 NFL Thigh Hamstring Strain Grade 2 Brown suffered a hamstring injury during training camp practice.
Sep 15, 2021 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Brown sat out the first two practices ahead of the Week 2 game with an ankle injury.
Nov 17, 2021 NFL Thigh Glute Strain Brown missed Week 11 game against the Bears due to a thigh injury.
Aug 29, 2022 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Coach Kliff Kingsbury is hopeful Brown (hamstring) returns to practice "next week at some point," Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com reports. "I don't know when, but that's our hope," Kingsbury added Friday.
Oct 16, 2022 NFL Pedal Foot Fracture Brown was placed on IR on October 20.
Dec 3, 2023 NFL Pedal Heel Bruise Brown left in the second half of Week 13 vs. the Steelers due to a nagging heel injury.
Dec 17, 2023 NFL Pedal Heel Bruise Brown reinjured his heel in Week 15 vs. the 49ers.
Aug 10, 2024 NFL Shoulder S/C Joint Separation Brown went down in Week 1 of the preseason. He was placed on IR after Week 1 of the regular season.

Basic StatsMarquise Brown's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

Brown is coming off a disappointing season in Arizona, missing three games and finishing 55th among WRs in PPR points per game.

He inked a one-year deal in free agency with Kansas City, where he’ll find himself in easily the best passing game of his career.

Brown will face stiff target competition, though, from TE Travis Kelce, WR Xavier Worthy, and WR Rashee Rice (after he serves an expected suspension). And it’s certainly worth noting that Brown has yet to finish better than WR26 in PPR points per game across five NFL seasons.

He has the upside to beat that mark this year, but he’s best treated as a WR3 in fantasy drafts.

What We Learned Last Year

  • Brown finished with a career-low 574 receiving yards last year. His 51 catches were his fewest since his 2019 rookie campaign.
  • Brown suffered a heel injury in late November that eventually cost him the final three games of the season. He also dealt with hamstring and thumb injuries earlier in the year.
  • He played with QBs Josh Dobbs and Clayton Tune for the first nine games. QB Kyler Murray returned for Brown’s final five games.
  • It wasn’t a great spot for production. The 2023 Cardinals ranked:
    • 26th in passing yards
    • 24th in passing TDs
    • 29th in total WR PPR points
  • Among 80 WRs with 50+ targets last year, Brown ranked:
    • 57th in Pro Football Focus receiving grade
    • 61st in yards per route
  • The PFF receiving grade and yards per route were both career lows.
  • Here’s where Brown ranked in both metrics over his first four NFL seasons:
    • 2019 - 46th and 31st out of 79
    • 2020 - 54th and 43rd out of 84
    • 2021 - 58th and 49th out of 89
    • 2022 - 45th and 46th out of 80
  • Brown’s target share in games played by season:
    • 2019 - 17.7%
    • 2020 - 26.1%
    • 2021 - 25.4%
    • 2022 - 22.5%
    • 2023 - 22.8%
  • Brown’s finishes among WRs in PPR points per game:
    • 2019 - 55th
    • 2020 - 47th
    • 2021 - 26th
    • 2022 - 30th
    • 2023 - 55th

What to Expect in 2024

  • The Chiefs inked Brown in free agency to a one-year, $7 million deal with $6.5 million guaranteed.
  • Kansas City traded up in the first round of this spring’s draft to land WR Xavier Worthy, who’s coming off three productive seasons at Texas and a Combine record 4.21-second 40 time.
  • WR Rashee Rice returns after a strong rookie season, but he’s expected to draw a multi-game suspension for his involvement in a street-racing accident in Dallas in late March.
  • TE Travis Kelce is also back after leading the Chiefs with 8.1 targets per game last year.
  • There’s plenty of receiving production to go around in Kansas City. The Chiefs have ranked top 8 in passing yards and TDs in all six seasons since QB Patrick Mahomes took over.
  • Here’s where Kansas City has ranked in total WR PPR points under Mahomes:
    • 2018 - 8th
    • 2019 - 12th
    • 2020 - 8th
    • 2021 - 10th
    • 2022 - 15th
    • 2023 - 20th

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Marquise Brown, WR KC

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Marquise Brown Back For Week 16 Or 17?

Chiefs WR Marquise Brown (shoulder) has an appointment with his surgeon in a couple of weeks to gain final clearance, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. If all goes well, he could return by Week 16 or 17, per Rapoport. Brown has been sidelined since suffering an SC joint injury in a preseason game on August 10. He wound up getting surgery in mid-September. We'll continue to keep an eye on his status and Kansas City's plans for him. But Brown would be very tough to trust in fantasy lineups in his first game or two back. We'd expect the Chiefs to slowly ramp him up in hopes of having him contribute in the playoffs. Brown is a fine stash if you have a bench spot to play with, but don't consider him a priority add.

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Chiefs WR Marquise Brown is expected to miss the entire regular season with his shoulder injury that requires surgery, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. Sources tell Schefter that there's a chance Brown could return for the postseason, but mid-January is the earliest he could get back on the field. (Week 17 takes place the last week of December.)

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Chiefs WR Marquise Brown will miss at least another four games because of his shoulder injury. NFL reporter Jordan Schultz reports that Brown is scheduled to have surgery Monday on the dislocated SC joint that's been sidelining him. Brown reportedly felt better this week, but testing revealed that the injury wasn't healing correctly. Without surgery, Brown would risk further long-term damage.

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