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1 Early years  





2 College career  





3 Professional career  



3.1  Detroit Lions  





3.2  Seattle Seahawks  





3.3  BC Lions  





3.4  Saskatchewan Roughriders  





3.5  Edmonton Eskimos  







4 References  





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Mic'hael Brooks
refer to caption
Brooks with the Seattle Seahawks in 2014
No. 92
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1991-08-28) August 28, 1991 (age 32)
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school:Bartlett Yancey (NC)
College:East Carolina
Undrafted:2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Player stats at PFR · CFL.ca

Mic'hael Goubron Brooks (born August 28, 1991) is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He played college footballatEast Carolina University and attended Bartlett Yancey High SchoolinYanceyville, North Carolina. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks team that won Super Bowl XLVIII. Brooks was also a member of the Detroit Lions, BC Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos.[1]

Early years[edit]

Brooks played high school football for the Bartlett Yancey High School Buccaneers. He recorded 331 total tackles for the Buccaneers. He was a three-year all-region, all-conference, and defensive MVP selection. Brooks earned all-state honors as team captain his senior year after accumulating 94 tackles and 12.5 sacks. He represented North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas All-Star Game. He was named the Danville Regional Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 2008. Brooks also earned a varsity letterintrack and field.[2]

College career[edit]

Brooks played in 43 games for the East Carolina Pirates from 2009 to 2012, recording 52 solo tackles and ten sacks. He also earned Conference USA All-Freshman honors.[3]

Professional career[edit]

Detroit Lions[edit]

Brooks was signed by the Detroit Lions on May 2, 2013. He was released by the Lions on May 28, 2013.[4]

Seattle Seahawks[edit]

The Seattle Seahawks claimed Brooks off waivers from the Lions on May 29, 2013. He was released by the Seahawks on August 31, 2013, and re-signed on September 2, 2013. He was released by the Seahawks on September 11, 2013, and signed to their practice squad on September 12, 2013. Brooks was signed to the active roster on November 9, 2013.[4] He appeared in a game against the Atlanta Falcons on November 10, recording a tackle.[5] He was released on November 11. Brooks was re-signed to the practice squad on December 19, 2013. Brooks was signed to a futures contract on February 5, 2014.[4] The Seahawks later won Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos.[6] The Seahawks waived/injured Brooks on August 26, 2014.[7] He was released by the Seahawks on September 1, 2014.[4]

BC Lions[edit]

Brooks signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on April 30, 2015.[8] In two seasons with the Lions, he appeared in 28 games, accumulating 62 tackles and 4 quarterback sacks. He was named a CFL West All-Star for the 2015 season.

On December 6, 2016, Brooks had a workout with the Minnesota Vikings.[9] On December 14, 2016, he had a workout with the New England Patriots.[10]

Brooks became a free-agent in February 2017.[11] That same month, it was announced that Brooks had re-signed with the Lions for two more seasons, through 2018.[12] In 2017, Brooks played in 15 games and contributed with 21 tackles and one quarterback sack. On May 18, 2018, Brooks was released by the Lions after they were unable to find another team willing to trade for him.[13]

Saskatchewan Roughriders[edit]

On June 24, 2018, Brooks signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.[14] Brooks played in 11 games for the Riders in 2018, contributing 15 tackles. He suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 18 of the season.[15]

Edmonton Eskimos[edit]

Brooks signed with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos on March 19, 2019. He was released by the club on May 20, 2019.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beamish, Mike (August 4, 2015). "Lions' Mic'hael Brooks feels ripped off". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  • ^ "Michael Brooks". ecupirates.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  • ^ "Mic'hael Brooks – BC Lions". BC Lions. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  • ^ a b c d "Michael Brooks". kffl.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  • ^ "Michael Brooks". espn.go.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  • ^ "Michael Brooks". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  • ^ Farnsworth, Clare (August 26, 2014). "Seahawks reach 75-man roster limit by making moves with injured players". seahawks.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  • ^ "BC Lions Transactions". bclions.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  • ^ "Vikings Worked Out 5 CFL Players Including DT Michael Brooks – NFLTradeRumors.co". nfltraderumors.co. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  • ^ "New England Patriots work out three Canadian Football League players". New England Patriots. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  • ^ "2017 Free Agent Tracker – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  • ^ "Lion re-sign DL Mic'hael Brooks through 2018". BC Lions. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  • ^ "Lions release American DT Brooks – Article – TSN". TSN. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  • ^ "Roughriders sign former Lions DT Brooks – Article – TSN". TSN. June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  • ^ "Bladek, Brooks suffer season-ending injuries - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  • ^ "Esks ink Martese Jackson; release Mic'hael Brooks". CFL.ca. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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