Ron Brooks
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Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: October 16, 1988 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: Dallas, Texas | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
| High school: Irving (TX) MacArthur | |||||||||
| College: Louisiana State | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2012 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2012 for the Buffalo Bills | |||||||||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2013 | |||||||||
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Ron Brooks (born October 16, 1988) is an American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted with the 124th pick in fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football for Louisiana State University.
Early life
A native of Irving, Texas, Brooks attended MacArthur High School, where he was a decorated dual-threat quarterback. Brooks was a four-star recruit as an athlete coming out of high school by Rivals.com.[1] He chose LSU over offers from Arkansas, Texas Tech University, and Texas A&M University.
College Career
Appearing in 53 games, he accumulated 90 tackles, including 12.5 for loss, 5.5 sacks, ten pass breakups, 3 interceptions, forced five fumbles while recovering three. He only started three games in his career at LSU, mainly due to the fact he was playing behind many talented cornerbacks such as Patrick Peterson, Morris Claiborne, Tyrann Mathieu and Tharold Simon.
Professional career
NFL Draft
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| 5' ft 10" in | 190 lb | 4.37 s | 1.55 s | 2.52 s | 38 in | 10' ft 0" in | |||||||||||||
| All values from 2013 NFL Combine.[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Brooks was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round, 124th overall, of the 2012 NFL Draft.[3]
Buffalo Bills
In his rookie season, he missed the first seven games due to a broken bone in his foot he sustained in the final pre-season game against the Detroit Lions.[4] He was placed on injured reserve with the "designated to return" label.[5] He returned in Week 9 against the Houston Texans, and went on to play in nine games, starting in two of them, and finished his rookie season with 19 tackles and four passes defended.
References
- ↑ http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Ron-Brooks-49980
- ↑ http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=68752&draftyear=2012&genpos=CB. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2012/4/28/2983951/ron-brooks-nfl-draft-results-2012-buffalo-bills
- ↑ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/02/bills-fourth-round-pick-ron-brooks-has-foot-surgery/
- ↑ http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/09/04/bills-use-designated-to-return-label-on-cb-brooks
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