Derrick Brooks

Derrick Brooks

Brooks with the 2006 Pro Bowl MVP trophy
No. 55
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1973-04-18) April 18, 1973 (age 43)
Place of birth:	Pensacola, Florida
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:	Pensacola (FL) Washington
College:	Florida State
NFL Draft:	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995–2008)
As executive:
Tampa Bay Storm (2011–present) (co-owner/president)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) 11× Pro Bowl (1997–2006, 2008) 9× All-Pro (1997–2005) Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2000) NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2002) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor Tampa Bay Buccaneers No. 55 retired 2× Consensus All-American (1993, 1994) Bowl Coalition national champion (1993) Florida State Seminoles No. 10 retired USA Today High School All-American (1990)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 1,715 Quarterback sacks: 13.5 Interceptions: 25 Forced fumbles: 24 Touchdowns: 7 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Derrick Dewan Brooks (born April 18, 1973) is an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He played college football for Florida State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft, where he played his entire professional career. An eleven-time Pro Bowl selection and nine-time All-Pro, Brooks was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and earned a championship ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. Later, he was elected to the 2000s all decade defensive team. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and is currently a co-owner and president for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.

Brooks attended Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida. In his senior season in 1991, Brooks carried Pensacola to the state playoff semifinals, where they lost to the eventual champion Manatee Hurricanes of Bradenton, Florida. In 2007, he was named to the Florida High School Athletic Association All-Century Team, which selected the Top 33 players in the 100-year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

While attending Florida State University, he played for the Florida State Seminoles football team from 1992 to 1994. He was a four-year letterman, a consensus first-team All-American his junior and senior years, and a three-time first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection. After playing as safety as a freshman he switched to linebacker as a sophomore. He was a member of the 1993 Seminoles National Championship team. He finished his career with 274 tackles, five interceptions, 8.5 sacks, 13 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.