[1] Brooks was signed as free agent by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, but a knee injury ended his career before he played a professional game.

He later served as an assistant football coach and strength and conditioning coordinator at Bridgewater College and Shenandoah University in Virginia.

He returned to his alma mater, Towson, in 2008 as a strength and conditioning coach, working with a number of the athletic teams there.

Brooks died on June 13, 2011, during surgery at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.

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