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Free Safety
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Abilene, Texas (Abilene)
#5
A confident and heady former prep quarterback who played in 51 career games with 27 starts at cornerback and free safety, including four bowl games (1999-2000 Cotton Bowls; 2000-01 Holiday Bowls) ... signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills following the 2002 NFL Draft ... played in the 2002 Hula Bowl ... 2001 honorable mention All-Big 12 ... 2001 UT Most Improved Defensive Player.
SENIOR (2001)
Started all 13 games at free safety, including the Holiday Bowl ... named a permanent Team Captain and shared the team's Most Improved Defensive Player and American Airlines D.X. Bible Spirit awards ... an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection ... led the team with 88 tackles (60 solo) ... key member of a UT defense that led the nation in total defense (236.2 ypg) and ranked third in passing (146.7 ypg) and scoring defense (13.7 ppg), fourth in pass efficiency defense (88.0 rtg) and sixth in rushing defense (89.5 ypg) ... the Longhorns were one of only two units that ranked among the top 10 nationally in all five statistical categories (Virginia Tech was the other) ... UT's secondary gave up just 4.77 yards per attempt (led NCAA) and only six TD passes (tied for second-lowest nationally) ... a four-time recipient of UT's Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week award ... recorded 16 tackles at Houston ... recorded nine stops and two forced fumbles in UT's first matchup with No. 14 Colorado ... added nine stops against North Carolina ... had six-tackle performances at Baylor, at Missouri and against No. 3 Oklahoma ... recorded four solo stops against Texas Tech ... registered three stops, an interception and a fumble recovery at Oklahoma State ... posted six tackles and an interception at Texas A&M ... registered a career-high 22 tackles in the Big 12 Championship game against No. 9 Colorado... it was the most tackles by a Longhorn since Winfred Tubbs had 23 stops against Baylor in 1992 ... registered six tackles and a PBU in a victory over No. 21 Washington in the Holiday Bowl.
JUNIOR (2000)
Appeared in all 12 games, including the Holiday Bowl, as UT's nickel and dime back ... registered 24 tackles (18 solo) and five PBUs ... recovered a fumble at Texas Tech and forced a fumble against No. 22 Texas A&M ... posted a season-best nine tackles against A&M ... had four stops against Oklahoma State ... had a four-tackle effort against No. 10 Oklahoma and a three-stop game against Houston.
SOPHOMORE (1999)
Started all 14 games, including the Cotton Bowl, at cornerback ... led the team with 16 PBUs (most by a UT player since Mark Berry in 1991) and shared the team lead with two interceptions ... also ranked eighth on the squad in tackles (63), caused four fumbles, had a sack (-5 yards) and two TFLs (-12 yards) ... posted his first career interception in the season opener against North Carolina State ... had a season-high 10 tackles and an interception against Oklahoma ... caused a fumble in three consecutive games at one point -- vs. Nebraska, at Iowa State and at Oklahoma State (two) ... returned a fumble 20 yards for a score against Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship game and matched his season-best with 10 stops.
FRESHMAN (1998)
Played in all 12 games, including the Cotton Bowl, on special teams ... had four tackles ... had a stop vs. Oklahoma, at Nebraska, vs. Oklahoma State and at Texas Tech.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Steve Warren at Abilene High ... played quarterback, free safety, wide receiver, slot back and returned kicks ... earned first-team all-district honors as a senior ... had 105 tackles, six interceptions and four fumble recoveries in three years ... earned second-team Texas 5A all-state and played with the United States Junior National Team as a sophomore in soccer ... also lettered in baseball and track.
PERSONAL
Born 3/13/80 in Abilene, Texas ... full name is Ahmad Drushane Brooks ... majored in corporate communications ... was a member of the Athletics Director's Honor Roll in spring 2000 ... voted class president all four years of high school.
CAREER STATISTICS
Defense
Year G/GS TT (Solo) TFL INT (Yds-TD) PBU FC FR High
2001 12/12 88 (60) 1 (-3) 2 (17-0) 6 2 1 22/CU*
2000 11/0 24 (18) 1 (-1) 0 (0-0) 5 1 1 8/A&M
1999 13/13 62 (44) 2 (-12) 2 (0-0) 16 4 1 10/2x
1998 11/0 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0-0) 0 0 0 --
Career 47/25 175 (123) 4 (-16) 4 (17-0) 27 7 3 22/CU*
Special Teams
Year G TT (Solo) FC FR PBLK KBLK
2001 Did Not Play Special Teams
2000 11 3 (3) 0 0 0 0
1999 13 1 (0) 0 0 0 0
1998 11 3 (0) 0 0 0 0
Career 35 7 (3) 0 0 0 0
High games
Tackles: 22 vs. Colorado (Sr.)*
Interceptions: 1 at Texas A&M (Sr.); at Oklahoma State (Sr.); vs. North Carolina State (So.); vs. Oklahoma (So.)
Caused Fumbles: 2 at Oklahoma State (So.)
* Big 12 Championship game
