Brooks Tabbed Second Team All-American by Two Outlets
December 11, 2019 | Football
Awards season kicks off with Jordyn Brooks honored by Pro Football Focus and The Athletic
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech senior linebacker Jordyn Brooks picked up the first two of what could be several postseason honors Wednesday as he was named a second team All-American by the likes of Pro Football Focus and the staff of The Athletic.
Brooks is the first Red Raider linebacker to garner either first or second team All-America honors from any publication since Ring of Honor member and College Football Hall of Famer Zach Thomas did so following the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Brooks, a first team All-Big 12 selection just a week ago, will likely add additional honors in the coming days and weeks when the five All-America teams formally recognized by the NCAA – the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Foundation – are unveiled.
Despite missing the regular-season finale at Texas as well as the bulk of the TCU game two weeks earlier, Brooks compiled one of the best seasons all-time by a Tech linebacker as he notched 108 tackles, including an impressive 20.0 that came behind the line of scrimmage. His 108 tackles easily marked the most in his four-year career.
Brooks dropped an opponent behind the line of scrimmage in all 11 games he appeared in en route to closing the year with the most tackles for a loss by a Red Raider since Adell Duckett set the Tech school record with 24.5 in 2003. Tech averaged 6.7 tackles for a loss this season to rank 36th nationally, a significant improvement for a defense that ended the 2018 campaign in 69th place amongst its FBS peers.
Following the regular season and conference championship games, Brooks ranks third in the FBS for tackles for a loss per game (1.8), fifth in solo tackles per game (6.0) and 13th in total tackles per game (9.8). Up until his injury during the West Virginia game in early November, he was the only player nationally to rank in the top 10 for all three categories.
The successful season allowed Brooks, a Houston native, to end his career with 367 tackles, seventh-most in program history and the third-highest total during the Big 12 era.
Brooks is the first Red Raider linebacker to garner either first or second team All-America honors from any publication since Ring of Honor member and College Football Hall of Famer Zach Thomas did so following the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Brooks, a first team All-Big 12 selection just a week ago, will likely add additional honors in the coming days and weeks when the five All-America teams formally recognized by the NCAA – the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Foundation – are unveiled.
Despite missing the regular-season finale at Texas as well as the bulk of the TCU game two weeks earlier, Brooks compiled one of the best seasons all-time by a Tech linebacker as he notched 108 tackles, including an impressive 20.0 that came behind the line of scrimmage. His 108 tackles easily marked the most in his four-year career.
Brooks dropped an opponent behind the line of scrimmage in all 11 games he appeared in en route to closing the year with the most tackles for a loss by a Red Raider since Adell Duckett set the Tech school record with 24.5 in 2003. Tech averaged 6.7 tackles for a loss this season to rank 36th nationally, a significant improvement for a defense that ended the 2018 campaign in 69th place amongst its FBS peers.
Following the regular season and conference championship games, Brooks ranks third in the FBS for tackles for a loss per game (1.8), fifth in solo tackles per game (6.0) and 13th in total tackles per game (9.8). Up until his injury during the West Virginia game in early November, he was the only player nationally to rank in the top 10 for all three categories.
The successful season allowed Brooks, a Houston native, to end his career with 367 tackles, seventh-most in program history and the third-highest total during the Big 12 era.
??Nationally Recognized??@jordynbrooks25 is named to both @PFF_College & @TheAthleticCFB as a Second Team All-American. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/T9rpz1LtqM
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) December 11, 2019
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