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Good pick, ESPN thought he might go on Day 1. He's another small corner with great instincts and great athletic ability. Looks like all those notions of a "Leslie Frazier type" corner were completely wrong.

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A Deep Cover man great Speed. (4.38 in the 40)

Do you think that we are going to smaller CBs due to the new uses of hands rules ?

I believe so.ESPN was talking yesterday about how you will now need CB's who have great recover speed,as there will be much less contact allowed.

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Sean Jones Blocked some kicks TOO.. but Brooks was a solid 5th round pick. - Not sure if he was a solid day one pick , he probably went where he should have.

Speed, yes, coverage skills, yes - time to develop..... YES.

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OVERVIEW

Big playmaker who is regarded as one of the best deep-coverage cornerbacks in the collegiate game … Despite only two full seasons as a starter, he holds the school's career record with 35 pass deflections, surpassing the previous mark of 31 by Patrick Surtain (1994-97) … Started 25 of 35 games for the Golden Eagles since transferring to the school from the University of Michigan … To date, he recorded 96 tackles (74 solos) with a fumble recovery, a sack, four stops behind the line of scrimmage and six interceptions.

ANALYSIS

Positives: Has the ability to learn and retain football well, quickly diagnosing the plays … Shows a smooth backpedal with above-average foot quickness and body control … Plants and breaks on the ball sharply and shows an explosive closing burst … Has excellent open field acceleration and can easily turn and run with the receivers on deep routes … Drops back into his zone assignment with good vision awareness and stalks the receivers tight on short area and underneath routes … Has good timing and leaping ability competing for the ball … Takes proper angles in pursuit and can turn and jump on the ball, making proper body adjustments to get to the ball at its highest point … Has dependable hands for the interception, displaying the agility to track and locate the ball over his head … While he needs to be more aggressive in run support, he has good drag-down tackling technique.

Negatives: Has good awareness and tackling ability, but needs to be more consistent in showing his physical nature … Must do a better job of extending his arms to keep defenders off his chest when working through trash … Has excellent quickness, but needs to show better hip swerve when attempting to maintain contact on the receiver moving laterally (appears to gather himself a bit breaking out of his backpedal) … Needs to add at least 10 pounds to his frame, displaying only adequate muscle mass in the chest area.

AGILITY TESTS

Timed at 4.33 (rubber track) and 4.38 (grass field) in the 40-yard dash … 39½-inch vertical jump … 297-pound bench press … 316-pound squat … 31-inch arm length … 9 1/8-inch hands … Right-handed.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Archbishop Shaw (Marrero, La.) High, playing for coach Hank Tierney … Earned All-America honors from Prep Football Report, Prep Star and Borderwars.com, adding first-team all-state, all-district and all-metro honors … Also named first-team All-Louisiana, The Times-Picayune "Blue Chip Top 25", All-Westbank Most Valuable Player and rated the fifth-best cornerback in the nation by Super Prep … Team was ranked 10th in the nation … Intercepted 14 passes and returned four for touchdowns during his career … Holds his school record for longest interception return for a TD (103 yards) … Combined for 148 tackles during junior and senior seasons … Returned two punts for touchdowns … Earned four letters in track and ran the second fastest 400 meters in the state (49.2).

PERSONAL

Sports Administration major … Has two children … Son of Patricia Brooks … Born Dec. 16, 1980 … Resides in Harvey, La.

Seems like a solid pick!

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