Ahmad Brooks

Ahmad Brooks

Brooks with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012
No. 55 San Francisco 49ers
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1984-03-14) March 14, 1984 (age 33)
Place of birth:	Fairfax, Virginia
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	259 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school:	C. D. Hylton High School
College:	Virginia
Supplemental draft:	2006 / Round: 3
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (2006–2007) San Francisco 49ers (2008–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl (2013) 2× Second-team All-Pro (2012, 2013) First-team All-American (2004) First-team All-ACC (2004) ACC Defensive Freshman of the Year (2003) USA Today High School Defensive Player of the Year (2001) USA Today High School All-American (2001)
Career NFL statistics as of 2016
Total tackles: 370 Quarterback sacks: 53.5 Forced fumbles: 12 Interceptions: 3 Touchdowns: 1 Player stats at NFL.com

Ahmad Kadar Brooks (born March 14, 1984) is an American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Virginia, and earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2006 NFL Supplemental Draft.

Brooks attended C. D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, which he helped lead to two VHSL state championships during his three-year tenure (1999–2001). Brooks battled injuries throughout his high school career, but he had a very productive year in 2001—he had 207 tackles (144 solos), including 34 for loss, and he also rushed for 848 yards and 10 touchdowns while averaging 12.6 yards per carry. The semifinal loss to Thomas Dale High School of Chester, Virginia in 2001 was the only Hylton loss in three years in which he played. He was named as USA Today's National Defensive Player of the year after the 2001 season. He participated in the 2002 U.S. Army All-American Bowl game.

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Brooks was listed as the No. 1 outside linebacker in the nation in 2002.

His father, former Washington Redskins defensive tackle Perry Brooks, died in March 2010.

Following high school, Brooks spent one year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia a military post-graduate school before enrolling in the University of Virginia in the fall of 2003, where he played for the Virginia Cavaliers football team. He earned a starting position as a freshman and finished the year with a career-high and team-leading 117 tackles. He also had four sacks, six passes defensed, 10 tackles-for-loss and 15 QB pressures. He had a career-high 12 tackles vs. Pittsburgh in the Continental Tire Bowl, including a key stop early in the contest to complete a goal-line stand.