Bio

Brig Owens played football and ran track at Fullerton Community College from 1961 1962. His football coach was Hal Sherbeck. Brig became team captain in 1962 and won All American Honors as a QB in that year. He received a number of scholarship offers from colleges around the country, but chose to attend the University of Cincinnati because it was one of the few schools that guaranteed that he would play QB. He became the starting QB his first year. He credits his high school coaches, Gil Tucker and Hal Sherbeck, for teaching him the full fundamentals of the game offensively and defensively, which allowed him to make that transition to major college football. Brig lead Cincinnati to the Missouri Valley Championship two years in a row and was elected team captain in 1964. He was rated as one of the top QBs in the country and earned NCAA All American Honors. He graduated on time in 1965. An Award, Brig Owens Offensive Player of the Year,, is named in his honor at the University of Cincinnati.

Brig Owens is a partner in the Bennett Group, a commercial real estate development company in Washington, D.C. Prior to founding the firm, Brig served as assistant executive director and associate counsel to the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) from 1979 1984. While with the NFLPA, Brig was a member of the negotiating team that developed a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Football League. In addition to his responsibility in the operation of the NFLPA, he developed the Associationns Financial Planning, Career Counseling, and Employee Assistant Abuse Programs. Brig also created the Professional Athletes Youth Foundation and Community Service Department for the NFLPA where he raised over $10 million to implement a Youth Development Program in ten cities across the Nation. This program was selected by the Department of Education as one of the top exemplary programs in the United States.

Brig Owens is a former thirteen-year veteran of the National Football League and seven-year player representative and defensive captain for the Washington Redskins. After being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1965, Brig was traded to the Redskins in 1966 to begin his twelve-year career as a Redskinss defensive back. Brig holds the number two spot for interceptions (36) by a Redskin, holds the career record for most yards on interception returns (686 yds) and most interceptions returns for touchdowns. In addition, he was selected as one of the 70 Greatest Players in Washington Redskins history.

Among his many accomplishments, Brig served as a member of the Central Caribbean Task Force and served on former Vice President Mondalees Task Force on Youth Employment. In addition, he has served on the board of the National Bank of Commerce, Big Brothers of America, University of Cincinnati Presidents Executive Council, NFL Players Trust Foundation, National Board of Medical Examiners and Venture Philanthropy Partners. He also developed a highly recognized Leadership Drug Prevention Program in the Washington Metro area high schools called Super Leaders, now into its 26th year. He and his Bennett Group partner were sponsors of an I Have A Dreamm program which guarantees students a college education if they stay in school, maintain their grades, and graduate from high school.

Brig was one of six to receive the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in January 1990. The honorees of this prestigious award are selected because of their commitment to their community and country over the past twenty five years. He received a Medal of Honor from Angeles University in the Philippines. In 2008 he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Cincinnati. He also received Hall of Fame Honors from Fullerton High School, Fullerton Community College, and the University of Cincinnati. 

Brig is a published author, graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Antioch School of Law, and received his Doctorate of Juris Prudence. Brig is married to his college sweetheart Patricia and has two daughters, Robin and Tracy, and two grandchildren, Reyna and Owen.