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AS A JUNIOR (2019): CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … Played in all 11 games … Amassed 51 tackles (4^th team), including 25 solo stops … Also registered 1-1/12 tackles for loss (-7 yards), one interception and three pass break-ups … Logged four or more tackles in nine outings. Winston-Salem State: Totaled four tackles (2 solo) … tallied a big stop on third down to stop Winston-Salem State’s opening drive of the third quarter. Virginia State: Turned in four tackles … logged lone solo stop amid a drive that spanned the first and second quarters. Catawba: Made three solo stops … all three tackles came on Catawba’s drive that bridged the first and second quarters. Limestone: Assisted on a tackle on a 2^nd-and-5 situation in the first quarter … also logged a pair of pass break-ups in the second quarter. Carson-Newman: Tallied a season-high seven tackles (1 solo) … recorded a pair of tackles, including a solo stop, on a fourth-quarter drive by the Eagles. Mars Hill: Racked up six tackles (3 solo), as well as a pass break-up … batted down a pass on a drive by the Lions late in the first quarter … also registered a pass break-up, as well as a solo stop, on Mars Hill’s opening drive of the second half. #13 Wingate: Tallied six tackles (3 solo), including a tackle for loss … logged two solo tackles on Wingate’s initial drive of the second half … registered a 2-yard tackle for loss midway through fourth quarter. Tusculum: Turned in four stops, including three solo tackles. Newberry: Amassed five tackles (3 solo) … turned in two tackles as a part of special teams units. #4 Lenoir-Rhyne: Tallied five tackles (3 solo) … registered solo stops on consecutive plays amid Lenoir-Rhyne’s initial drive of the second quarter. UVa.-Wise: Turned in six tackles (3 solo), as well as an interception … also assisted on a tackle for loss … assisted on a 10-yard stop behind the line midway through the third quarter … tallied a solo tackle UVa.-Wise’s initial play of the fourth quarter, and then stopped the drive with an interception on a 3^rd-and-5 situation near midfield.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018): Played in all 10 games … Logged 17 tackles (10 solo), including one tackle for loss (sack) … Also turned in a fumble recovery and a pass break-up … Registered multiple tackles against four opponents. Winston-Salem State: Tallied a 6-yard sack on Winston-Salem State’s final drive of the contest. Elizabeth City State: Assisted on a pair of tackles, while also recovering a fumble … assisted on a third down tackle that stopped a drive by the Vikings in the opening period … recovered a fumble late in the second quarter that stopped a drive near midfield. Newberry: Recorded a solo tackle on third down that stuffed Newberry’s initial drive of the afternoon. Wingate: Turned in two tackles, including a solo tackle on special teams (punt) late in the third quarter. Central State: Recorded a solo tackle late in the first half. Concord: Assisted on a tackle on Concord’s final drive of the afternoon. #24 Lenoir-Rhyne: Totaled four tackles, including two solo stops. Mars Hill: Assisted on a special teams tackle (kickoff) late in the first half. Carson-Newman: Tallied a solo tackle on a 3^rd-and-long situation for the Eagles midway through the second quarter. Catawba: Recorded a season-high three solo tackles, as well as a pass break-up … batted down a pass on third down midway through the second quarter … tallied tackles as a part of two special teams plays.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017): Redshirted. Did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Purnell Swett High School for coaches Jon Sherman and Mark Heil … Earned all-county nods as a senior after registering two catches for 60 yards on offense … Also played basketball for the Rams … Averaged 9.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game as a senior.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Beverly and Paul Brooks … Maintained a 3.7 grade point average at Purnell Swett High School and graduated in the top five percent of his 400-member senior class … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.