Ahmad Brooks
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Ahmad Brooks is a middle linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and was selected in the third round of the 2006 NFL Supplemental Draft.
Brooks attended C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, VA, which he helped lead to two VHSL state championships. Following high school, Brooks spent one year at a military post-graduate school before enrolling at Virginia in the fall of 2003. During his sophomore year at the University of Virginia he was a Butkus Award finalist, which goes to the best linebacker in the country. As a junior, he was involved in several off-field problems and was eventually dismissed from the team following the season.