Kelly Brooks

Height:
5-11
Weight:
249
Class:
Senior
Letters:
3
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Walton HS

2015 at MERCER: Played in all 11 games as a junior … Made one start at defensive end … Finished with 20 total tackles (8 solo, 12 assisted) … Had two tackles-for-loss … Also intercepted one pass and forced a fumble … Tallied two tackles, one for loss, and a forced fumble against Wofford (Oct. 3) … Picked off first career pass against VMI (Oct. 24) … Recorded a season-high six stops against Samford (Nov. 21).

2014 at MERCER: Played in all 12 games at defensive end during sophomore campaign … Made three starts on the year … Finished with 25 total tackles (14 solo, 11 assisted) … Had multiple tackles in six contests … Ranked second on the team with 5.5 tackles-for-loss … Led the team with two quarterback hurries … Forced a fumble in a win over Reinhardt (Aug. 28) … Notched two tackles-for-loss in victories over Austin Peay (Oct. 11) and Warner (Nov. 15) … Notched a career-high 10 tackles against The Citadel (Nov. 1).

2013 at MERCER: Started all 12 games at defensive end as a redshirt freshman … Totaled 25 tackles (12 solo, 13 assisted) on the year … Ranked third on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss … Finished year with three sacks … Had two quarterback hurries … Tallied two tackles for loss, including one sack, in college debut versus Reinhardt … Recorded two tackles for loss against Marist … Also had a solo sack for an 11-yard loss in a victory over Valparaiso.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a standout player at George Walton High School in Sandersville, Ga. … Lettered three times for head coach Rocky Hidalgo and was a two-time Cobb County Player of the Week during his career … Named the team’s captain his senior season … Helped lead his football team to the first-ever appearance in the state championship game his senior year … Was a two-year letterwinner in track & field.

PERSONAL: Born on Aug. 7, 1994 in Dublin, Ga. … Was a member of the Spanish NHS and was a Spanish GHP State Finalist academically … Is related to former NFL star Takeo Spikes and former Georgia standouts Terrence and Robert Edwards … Chose Mercer over Georgetown, Rhodes and Holy Cross … Came to Mercer because of the ability to play football and the academic prestige of the university … Plans to major in Pre-Med at Mercer with aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.