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(Florida State)...6'0'', 232...Derrick Dewan Brooks ... Selected by Buccaneers in 1st round (28th player overall) … Never missed game in career … Earned All-Rookie honors … Elected to 11 Pro Bowls … In 1997, led Bucs to first postseason appearance since 1981 ... NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, 2002 … Helped Tampa Bay post top defense in NFL twice, NFC five times … Named All-Pro six times, All-NFC eight times … Selected to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s … Born April 18, 1973 in Pensacola, Florida.
Championship Games
1999 NFC – St. Louis Rams 11, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Brooks started at weakside linebacker. He had six solo tackles, one assist and one pass defensed.
2002 NFC – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27, Philadelphia Eagles 10 Brooks started at weakside linebacker. He had nine solo tackles and one assist including three tackles for a loss.
Super Bowls
Super Bowl XXXVII – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48, Oakland Raiders 21 Brooks started at weakside linebacker. He had two solo tackles, one assist, one pass defensed, and one interception returned 44 yards for a TD.
All-Pro: 1999 (AP, PFWA, SN) • 2000 (AP, PFWA, SN) • 2002 (AP, PFWA, SN) • 2003 (SN) • 2004 (AP, PFWA) • 2005 (AP)
All-Pro Second Team: 1997 (AP) • 1998 (AP) • 2001 (AP)
All-NFC: 1997 (PW) • 1998 (PW) • 1999 (PW) • 2000 (PW) • 2001 (PW) • 2002 (PW) • 2004 (PW) • 2005 (PW)
(11) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004*, 2005*, 2006, 2007, 2009*
*Did not play
(at time of his retirement following 2008 season) • [Tied for 2nd] Most Interceptions Returned for Touchdown, Season – 3 (2002)
Super Bowl Records
• [Tied for 2nd] Most Interceptions Returned for Touchdown, Game – 1 (Super Bowl XXXVII)
Pro Bowl Records
• [Tied for 1st] Most Interceptions Returned for Touchdown, Career – 2 • [Tied for 1st] Most Interceptions Returned for Touchdown, Game – 1 (2000, 2006)
Buccaneers records held by Brooks (Records through the 2008 season, Brooks’ final season with Tampa Bay)
• [1st] Most Tackles, Game – 23 (at Minnesota, Sept. 30, 2001) • [1st] Most Defensive Touchdowns, Season – 4 (2002) • [1st] Most Games Played, Career – 224 • [1st] Most Games Started, Career – 221 • [1st] Most Tackles, Career – 2,196 • [Tied for 1st] Most Interception Returns for a Touchdown, Season – 3 (2002) • [2nd] Most Interception Return Yards, Season – 218 (2002) • [2nd] Most Defensive Touchdowns, Career – 7 • [2nd] Most Total Touchdowns by a Defensive Player, Career – 7 • [2nd] Longest Interception Return – 97t (at Baltimore, Sept. 15, 2002) • [Tied for 2nd] Most Tackles, Game – 22 (vs. Buffalo, Nov. 26, 2000)
Postseason Records
• [1st] Most Games, Career – 11 • [1st] Most Tackles, Game – 18 (vs. Washington, Jan. 15, 2000) • [Tied for 2nd] Most Defensive Touchdowns, Game – 1 (Super Bowl XXXVII)
Team Statistical Championships Interception Titles: 2006 Tackle Titles: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
• NFL All-Decade Team of 2000s • 2006 Pro Bowl MVP • 2003 Byron “Whizzer” White Man of the Year Award • 2003 Bart Starr Man of the Year Award • 2002 Defensive Player of the Year (AP) • 2000 Walter Payton/NFL Man of the Year
Full Name: Derrick Dewan Brooks
Birthdate: April 18, 1973
Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida
High School: Booker T. Washington (Pensacola, FL) Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: February 1, 2014 Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame: August 2, 2014 Other Members of Class of 2014: Ray Guy, Claude Humphrey, Walter Jones, Andre Reed, Michael Strahan, Aeneas Williams
Pro Career: 14 seasons, 224 games
Drafted: 1st round (28th player overall) of 1995 draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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