[2] In spite of being considered short for a ruckman,[3] his career went on the up in 2013 when he was the most improved player for South Adelaide, giving them a major advantage in ruck contests.
[5] As he was Gold Coast's third choice ruckman, behind Tom Nicholls and Zac Smith, all of his AFL matches came filling in as a key forward or defender even though his specialty was ruckwork.
[3] After playing three AFL games, his season was brought to an early finish when doctors discovered a blood clot in his arm.
He wasn't initially selected to play, but when teammate Rory Thompson injured his hamstring in the warm-up, Brooksby had to be rushed into the team at the last minute.
[10] In 2017 he continued to struggle to play at the top level as he was relegated to fourth ruckman in line thanks to the addition of Jarrod Witts to the team.
[13] With the return from injury of star ruckman Nic Naitanui the Eagles believed he was surplus for their ruck division so they delisted him.