No. 94 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | May 8, 2000||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 296 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | J. W. Sexton (Lansing, Michigan) | ||||||||||||
College: | Bowling Green (2018–2022) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 6 / pick: 179 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Karl Dermarad Brooks (born May 8, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Bowling Green.
Brooks grew up in Lansing, Michigan, and went to J. W. Sexton High School. [1] He initially committed to play college football at Division II Grand Valley State but later changed his commitment to Bowling Green after receiving a later offer from the program. [2]
In his collegiate career Brooks totaled 167 tackles, 46 being for a loss, 27.5 sacks, one interception, five pass deflections, five forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. [3] In the 2021 season he was named third team all-Mid-American Conference (MAC). [4] His best collegiate year occurred in 2022 where he recorded 50 tackles, 18 going for a loss, 10 sacks, four pass deflections, a fumble recovery, and two forced fumbles. He was also named first-team all-MAC. [5] [6]
Brooks was projected to be a fourth to fifth round pick in the 2023 NFL draft. [7] [8]
Bowling Green Falcons | ||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FF | FR | ||||||
2018 | Bowling Green | 12 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2019 | Bowling Green | 12 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 4.5 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
2020 | Bowling Green | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021 | Bowling Green | 12 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022 | Bowling Green | 13 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
Career | 52 | 167 | 77 | 90 | 27.5 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Source: sports-reference.com |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 3+3⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 303 lb (137 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 5.09 s | 1.77 s | 2.95 s | 5.00 s | 7.63 s | 26.5 in (0.67 m) | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) | 28 reps | |
Sources: [9] [10] |
Brooks was drafted in the sixth round, 179th overall, by the Green Bay Packers in the 2023 NFL draft. [11] He signed his rookie contract on May 5. [12]
On November 17, 2024, against divisional rivals the Chicago Bears in Week 11, Brooks blocked Chicago's game-winning field goal attempt from kicker Cairo Santos as time expired in regulation to preserve a Packers' 20-19 victory and improve their record to 7-3. For this, Brooks was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [13] His field goal block prevented the Packers from finishing 0-6 against the NFC North division, as they went on to finish the season 1-5 against the division. [14]
Season | Team | GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | PD |
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2023 | GB | 17 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2024 | GB | 17 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 3.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Career | 34 | 0 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 7.5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
Season | Team | GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | PD |
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2023 | GB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
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