Karl Brooks

HISTORY

 

Honors:

• 2022 PFF first-team All-American
• 2022 PFN honorable mention All-American
• Senior Bowl Invitee
• 2022 first-team All-MAC
• 2022 first-team PFF All-MAC
• 2022 first-team PFN All-MAC
• 2022 Ted Hendricks Award Final Watch List
• 2022 Athlon Sports preseason first-team All-MAC
• 2022 Phil Steele preseason second-team All-MAC
• East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List member
• 2021 third-team All-MAC
• 2021 honorable mention Pro Football Focus All-MAC

2022

• Team captain
• Started all 13 of BGSU's games
• His 10 sacks rank No. 3 all-time on BGSU's single-season ledger
• Made four stops, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack against Eastern Kentucky
• Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after making five tackles, 1.0 sack and recovering a fumble against Marshall
• Made one stop and broke up a pass at Mississippi State
• Named to PFF's National Team of the Week after notching seven tackles, 2.5 sacks and 3.5 TFLs at Akron
• Notched five tackles and 1.0 TFL against Buffalo
• Recorded three tackles, 1.5 TFLs and one QB hurry in win over Miami (OH), helping a defensive effort that held the RedHawks to just 189 yards of total offense
• Led BGSU with 3.0 sacks in road win at Central Michigan 
• Also forced a fumble on one sack that Demetrius Hardamon returned for a touchdown against CMU
• Named one the East-West Shrine's Breakout Defensive performance of the week against CMU
• Led BGSU with seven tackles, 0.5 sack and a forced fumble in win over Western Michigan
• Made seven tackles, 2.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss in win at Toledo
• His 4.0 TFLs at Toledo were the most against the Rockets all year and is one of five players to record at least 4.0 TFLs in a game against Toledo in records dating back to 2000
• Notched five tackles and 1.0 TFL at Ohio

2021

• Team captain
• Started all 12 games
• Finished the regular season No. 5 in the MAC with 7.5 sacks
• Made five tackles and notched a sack at Tennessee
• Recorded 0.5 tackles for loss against South Alabama and Murray State
• Recorded 2.0 sacks in games against Ohio and Akron
• Against Akron he made four stops, 3.5 TFLs and 2.0 sacks
• Made six tackles in games against Eastern Michigan and at Buffalo

2020:

• Started all three games he played in
• Posted 10 tackles, 2.5 for loss, and 2.0 sacks in his three games
• Had a season-high five tackles at Ohio
• Recorded both of his sacks at Akron

2019:

• Started all 12 games for the Falcons
• Finished the season with 33 total tackles, including 16 solo tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks
• Added one interception and two forced fumbles
• Also recorded one pass break-up and four quarterback hurries
• Tallied three solo tackles, including 1.0 sack, in a game at Kansas State
• Had five tackles, 1.0 sack, and forced a fumble in victory over Toledo
• Made five tackles, including three solo tackles, had 1.5 sacks, and returned an interception 33 yards in a win over Akron
• The 33-yard interception return was the second-longest of the season
• Forced a fumble with 1.0 sack and three tackles in a game at Miami

2018:

• Played in all 12 games as a true freshman, starting eight times, including all of the final five games
• Led the Falcons in quarterback sacks and tied for second in tackles for loss
• Also had two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble
• Had 32 tackles on the season, including a career-high nine against Eastern Kentucky
• Career-best 1.5 sacks at Akron, which was also a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss
• Forced a fumble and had a tackle for loss at Central Michigan
• Both quarterback hurries came at Eastern Kentucky

High School:

• Detroit News Second Team All-State at Lansing Sexton High School
• First Team all-conference
• Also played wide receiver in high school
• Named to the Lansing State Journal "Dream Team"
• Posted more than 100 tackles, including 12 sacks, and five forced fumbles
• Scored a defensive touchdown
• Helped team to an 8-5 record, including 4-3 in the Capital Area Activities Conference (Blue Division)

PERSONAL

• Major is individualized studies 

2022

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
17.5	6.0	49.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	30.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
11.5	3.0	41.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	14.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
2.5	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
8.5	4.0	33.0	0.0	1.0	4.5	16.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	33.0	33.0	1.0

2018

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0