Amon-Ra St. Brown

Early life

St. Brown was born to mother Miriam (née Steyer), who is originally from Leverkusen, Germany, and father John Brown, who was a bodybuilder in the 1980s and a two-time amateur Mr. Universe. He grew up in Anaheim Hills, California, and has two brothers: Equanimeous, who is currently a free agent having also played wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL); and Osiris, who played college football at Stanford. Along with his brothers, St. Brown has dual American and German citizenship. In addition to English, he also speaks German and French.

St. Brown attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California, as a freshman before transferring to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. As a senior in 2017, he had 72 receptions for 1,320 yards and 20 touchdowns. A five-star recruit ranked second among receiver prospects, St. Brown committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football. He played with future USC teammate JT Daniels at Mater Dei.

College career

In his first game of his college career, St. Brown had seven receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown in a win over UNLV. On September 15, 2018, St. Brown finished with a career-high 167 yards receiving in a game against Texas. St. Brown finished his freshman season with 60 catches, 750 yards, and three touchdowns.

On November 9, 2019, St. Brown recorded a career high 173 yards in a victory over Arizona State. Against Iowa in the Holiday Bowl, he had nine receptions for 163 yards. As a sophomore in 2019, he finished with 77 receptions for 1,042 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns, adding seven rushes for 60 yards and another touchdown.

As a junior in 2020, St. Brown finished with 41 receptions for 478 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in six games.

Name

St. Brown's father chose his children's names from an interest in names he considered African, particularly Egyptian ones. Amon-Ra's name comes from Amun-Ra, the god of the air, the sun, and creation – seen as the creator of all things – in Egyptian mythology; he was seen as king of the gods. Amun-Ra was also specifically worshipped as the head of the city of Thebes.

On his children's birth certificates, John Brown had his children's surnames listed as St. Brown rather than his last name because "There's too many of those guys" with the last name Brown on the back of their jerseys, as John had the expectation that his children would become athletes. John and Miriam considered Von Brown and St. Brown before John settled on the latter.

St. Brown has been in a relationship with registered nurse and model Brooklyn Adams since 2016.

Philanthropy

St. Brown is a community ambassador for United Health Share Ministries, a Christian healthcare non-profit organization.