Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Antoine Brooks Jr. was born on October 28th, 1997 in Lanham, Maryland. He is a safety in the NFL.

He attended and played high school football at DuVal High School in Lanham, Maryland. He was a starting defensive back and quarterback for the Tigers. As a junior, he was named first team All-Metro by The Washington Post and first team All-State at defensive back. Midway through his senior season Brooks suffered a compound fracture on his ankle and a broken wrist while throwing a pass against Wise High School, requiring five hours of surgery to repair and putting his football career in doubt. He was still named second team All-Metro, first team All-State and the Prince George's County 4A Offensive Player of the Year despite missing half of the season.

Brooks played collegiate football at the University of Maryland. As a junior, Brooks was Maryland's third leading tackler with 68 and led the team with 9.5 tackles for loss with 2.5 sacks, three passes defended and an interception and was named second team All-Big Ten by the league's coaches. As a senior, Brooks played safety and nickel linebacker and lead the team with 87 tackles with 8.5 tackles for loss, and interception and six passes defended and again named second team All-Big Ten by the coaches and to the third team by the media.ur

Brooks was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 198th overall picks of the 2020 NFL Draft.