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- Derrick Dewan Brooks (born April 18, 1973) is an American former football linebacker who played for his entire 14-year career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brooks played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning consensus All-American honors twice.
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Derrick Brooks. Derrick Dewan Brooks (born April 18, 1973) is an American former football linebacker who played for his entire 14-year career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brooks played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning consensus All-American honors twice.
Linebacker Derrick Brooks, a four-year letterman and three-time All-American choice at Florida State, was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 28th overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft. He was tabbed by the team to shore up a porous defense which had struggled for nearly 15 years.
- Early Life
- College Days with The Florida State Seminoles
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- Post-Football Life
Derrick Dewan Brooks was born in Pensacola, FL on August 18, 1973. He has three brothers: Anthony, John, and Mitch. When Derrick entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH in the summer of 2014, he thanked his stepfather, A.J. Mitchell, for working hard and making ends meet for his family. Although Mitchell did not advance beyond sixth gra...
Derrick Brooks attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL from 1991 to 1994. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business communication from FSU. According to the Tampa Bay Times’s Joe Smith, some Pensacola, FL-based attorneys tried to persuade Brooks to commit to the Florida Gators during his senior season in 1990. However, ...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneersmade Derrick Brooks the 28th overall selection of the 1995 NFL Draft. Brooks defied the odds yet again when he broke into the pro football ranks in the mid-1990s. Buccaneers Radio Network and FSU play-by-play man Gene Deckerhoff recalled many naysayers saying Brooks was too small to play linebacker prior to his freshman seas...
Derrick Brooks and his wife Carol have two sons, DeCalon and Darius, and two daughters, Brianna and Dania. They currently reside in the Tampa Bay, FL area. Derrick Brooks became a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 2014. His son, DeCalon, was his presenter. Part of Brooks’s enshrinement speechreads: Brooks became a member of t...
Complete career NFL stats for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Linebacker Derrick Brooks on ESPN. Includes scoring, rushing, defensive and receiving stats.
Class. Induction. 2016. Sport (s) Position: Linebacker Years: 1991-1994 Place of Birth: Pensacola, FL Date of Birth: Apr 18, 1973 Jersey Number: 10 Height: 6-1" Weight: 226 High School: Pensacola Washington High School (FL) A two-time unanimous First Team All-American (1993 and 1994), Derrick Brooks led Florida State to its first-ever national ...
Derrick Brooks. School. Florida State. Induction. 1994. A four-year starter at linebacker under College Football Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State, Derrick Brooks helped the Seminoles to a 44-5-1 record, three ACC titles, four bowl victories and the school’s first-ever national championship in 1993.
