He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning second-team All-American honors in 1992.
Brooks was inducted into Booker T. Washington’s 2022 Ring of Honor class during a ceremony between the Hornets’ basketball games against Bixby on Friday night, Feb 4, 2022 at Nathan E. Harris Fieldhouse.
He is also a fixture on Notre Dame's football post-game show and other productions of Fighting Irish Digital Media.
After catching a pitched ball on an option-right, Brooks broke six Wolverines tackles, the last of which knocked him unconscious before stumbling across the goal-line and collapsing face-first in the end zone.
Despite the fact that Brooks only had one reception all season, Mirer lofted the ball towards him in the back corner of the end zone.