James Brooks (American football)
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 28, 1958 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Warner Robins, Georgia | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Auburn | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | ||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 7,962 |
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| Average: | 4.7 |
| Touchdowns: | 49 |
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James Brooks (born December 28, 1958) is a retired NFL football running back.
His young career started with success in elementary school. He led the Warner Robins High School Demons to a State championship and a National Championship, ranking in 1976. He left Warner Robins High with the school record for rushing, a record that stood until Willie Reid (a FSU stand-out) broke his record during his Warner Robins career. He played collegiately at Auburn University from 1977–1980 and earned All-American status along with future NFL backs William Andrews and Joe Cribbs, where he set school records for kickoff return yards (1,726) and all-purpose yards (5,596), while also scoring 30 touchdowns.
Brooks was drafted with the 24th pick in the first round of the 1991 NFL Draft, and played professionally with the San Diego Chargers (1981–1983), the Cincinnati Bengals (1984–1991), the Cleveland Browns (1992), and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992).
He was a key participant in two of the most famous games in NFL Lore during his rookie season with the Chargers: The Epic in Miami, and the Freezer Bowl. However, he started only seven games in three seasons with the Chargers, always second on the team to Chuck Muncie in rushing attempts and yards. He had only one 100-yard game with the Chargers, a 12-carry, 105-yard, 3-touchdown outing against his future teammates. In 1984, he was traded to the Bengals for Pete Johnson, a move still widely regarded as the best trade in Bengals franchise history.
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