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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.
Jun 17, 2014 · Derrick Brooks came to Florida State as one of the most heralded recruits ever and left FSU having set a new standard for the outside linebacker position.
Aug 26, 2019 · Derrick Brooks is greatness personified. All you need to know about his high school career is he was later named to the All-Century Team by the FHSAA. At Florida State he was a three-time...
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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...
He becomes the sixth Seminole player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame. The 1994 ACC Player of the Year, Brooks guided Florida State to victories in four consecutive bowl games, including the 18-16 win over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl for the national title.
Derrick Brooks. 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.
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Nov 14, 2010 · Derrick Brooks, who defied questions about his size (6 feet 1, 210 pounds) to play linebacker and his speed to play safety (his high school position), became the eighth FSU player to have his...
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