Aaron Brooks
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Aaron Lafette Brooks (born March 24, 1976) is a retired American football quarterback who competed in the National Football League (NFL).
In the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft, he played college football at Virginia and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. Brooks spent the majority of his career with the New Orleans Saints and the Oakland Raiders, as well as his final season.
Brooks retired in 2007 as the Saints' franchise leader in both season and career touchdown passes, but both records have since been shattered by Drew Brees.
Early years
Brooks was employed in a public housing project in Newport News' East End neighborhood. Coach Tommy Reamon, Brooks coached high school football and graduated from Homer L. Ferguson High School in Newport News. He was given a scholarship to attend the University of Virginia (UVA), which he attended in 1999.
Personal life
Brooks is Michael and Marcus Vick's second cousin.
College career
Brooks enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1994 and was a true freshman. In 1995, he served as a back-up to Mike Groh. Tim Sherman, his dad Tom Sherman, was the wide receivers coach for the starting quarterback job in 1996, played in fifth grade. Jamie Sharper, James Farrior, and Ronde Barber were among the Cavaliers' returning defensive players, including Jamie Sharper, James Farrior, and Ronde Barber. Running back Tiki Barber led the attack. Sherman, who had played well against Michigan and Virginia Tech in 1995, was drafted by the coaching staff as the primary quarterback rather than the inexperienced Brooks. Nonetheless, Brooks saw action in virtually every game and was the primary quarterback in a few. Both Brooks and Sherman's ineffective quarterback performance resulted in an underachieving season, and Virginia fans are still debating the 1996 season's quarterback contest.
In 1997, Brooks was the starter. Both Brooks and the team struggled in the beginning of the season, but the team came together in the late season to finish with a 7–4 record. The team got off to a good start in 1998 and was briefly in the top ten. The season finale at Virginia Tech was the year's highlight and Brooks' career. At halftime, the Cavaliers were down 29–7, but Brooks led the biggest comeback in school history with the 36–32 victory. The Cavaliers finished the regular season with a 9-2 record, earning them an invite to the Peach Bowl despite losing 35–33 at the hands of Georgia.
Professional career
Brooks began his career as a third-string backup to Brett Favre in 1999, while second-string quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was ruled out of practice.
For linebacker K. D. Williams and the Saints' third round pick in the 2001 draft ahead of the 2000 season, the Packers traded Brooks and tight end Lamont Hall to the New Orleans Saints for linebacker K. D. Williams and the Saints' third round pick in the 2001 draft.
Brooks took over as starting quarterback in his first season with the Saints after Jeff Blake was sidelined with a broken foot in the team's 11th game of the season. Brooks led the Saints to a 31–24 victory over the St. Louis Rams in his first NFL appearance, becoming the first QB to beat the defending Super Bowl champions on the road for his first career start. In his five years as a leader in the NFC West, Brooks led the team to a 3–2 record in his five appearances in his five starts for an overall 10–6 record. The Saints defeated the Rams 31–28 in the playoffs. Early in the game, the Saints were without their starting quarterback, Ricky Williams, and lost their best receiver, Joe Horn. Brooks led the Saints to their first playoff victory in franchise history, becoming the first quarterback to beat the defending Super Bowl champions in his first career postseason appearance. The Saints then lost by 34-21 to the Minnesota Vikings in their Divisional Playoff game.
The Saints went 7–9 in 2001, snapping a four-game losing streak. The Saints will be outscored by more than 100 points in the last four games of the season, 160–52. In his first full season as a starting quarterback, Brooks threw a record-tying 26 touchdowns and a career best 3,832 passing yards; he also threw a then-franchise record 22 interceptions.
Brooks led the Saints to a 6–2 record and led an offense to 32 points per game in the first half of the season before the team's dissolution in the second half. The Saints lost their last three games to teams that had been barred from playoff contention, going 3–5 to finish the season.
Brooks had an 88.8 quarterback rating, a 3:1 touchdown to intercept ratio, and a 51% completion rate, all career highs, in 2003. However, the Saints finished 8-8 and did not make it to the playoffs, but not make it to the playoffs.
The Saints opened 4-8, but they ended the season with a four-game winning streak. The Saints almost made the playoffs but had to cancel due to tiebreakers. Brooks had two interceptions as opposed to the previous year, with 16, and it was the last year Brooks threw for more than 3,000 in a season.
The Saints benched Brooks and named Todd Bouman as the team's starter for the last three games of the season in late 2005, after losing to the Falcons. Brooks had a rough year, with 17 interceptions and 13 touchdowns.
Brooks was signed by the Oakland Raiders in March 2006 after being released by the Saints. He was the first to start training camp. In his first regular season game as a Raider, he was sacked 9 times by the San Diego Chargers in a 27–0 loss. In his second game against the Baltimore Ravens, Brooks dislocated his shoulder and postponed his return to action for the next two weeks. Andrew Walter, a second-year quarterback for Oakland, was the first-year quarterback. A healthy Brooks was brought back to the starter's role after a 2–5 record over the course of that time. Despite marginally improved play, Brooks was unable to lead the defensive Raiders to much success, finishing with a league record of 2–14. Brooks also had a career low 61.7 quarterback rating, and later this week, they intercepted more interceptions, eight, rather than touchdowns, three.
Brooks was cut by the Raiders after the 2006 season because they did not pick up his option.
Post-playing career
Following his release from pro football in 2007, Brooks announced plans to move into property development. Burlington Woods, an upscale subdivision in James City County, Virginia, started in the summer of 2008. Burlington Woods will have 26 lots ranging from 1 (1,000 m2) to 13,000 m2). The four to five bedroom homes are expected to be from 2,000 square feet (190 m2) to 4,500 square feet (420 m2) in size. Brooks said he will oversee the project until it's completion, but it will be taken over by Ryan Homes until the individual lots are cleared.
He revealed plans to invest in Southeast Commerce Center, a redevelopment initiative in his hometown of Newport News, earlier this year. Brooks talked to downtown Newport News in July 2008, a city that has common social challenges with New Orleans. The multimillion-dollar investment will be a mixed-use development between Jefferson and Terminal avenues, 33rd and 29th streets in the economically distressed East End neighborhood, including 190 town houses, a supermarket, and retail stores. Vice Mayor Charles Allen, who has served on the Newport News City Council for 16 years, said it was "important" that one of our own has invested his time and other funds to show us that we can do it. It's a good day. It's a good day for our families. "It's a great way to give back to the people while simultaneously letting retailers know we don't just have the stigma of being 'poor news,' abounds Brooks. I'm just trying to make the area work for them." The project had not started as of August 2010, but after talks between Brooks and the city council, it was announced that it was back on track.
In 2014, Brooks and his former teammate John Carney were inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame, as well as former teammate John Carney. A private party was held at a local social events venue in New Orleans. The event was attended by celebrities like Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys, Michael Vick, Marcus Vick, and Marcus Vick.