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Greg Brooks Jr. Season 2020-21

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WT185 lbs
HT5-11
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HometownHarvey, La.
Greg Brooks Jr.
Greg Brooks Jr.
2020 (SOPHOMORE): Played in nine games, making eight starts at nickelback ... Logged 39 tackles (22 solo), sixth-most on the team and fourth-most by a defensive back ... Also added 3.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, one pass broken up and two quarterback hurries ... Recorded a team-best 79 interception return yards ... Made two tackles with a quarterback hurry in the season opener against Georgia (Sept. 26) ... Recorded Arkansas' first interception return for a touchdown since 2016, picking off QB K.J. Costello and returning it 69 yards for a touchdown on the game's first drive in the win at Mississippi State (Oct. 3) ... Posted four tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss at Auburn (Oct. 10) ... Made his second interception of the season, picking off QB Matt Corral, and recorded a career-high seven total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss in the win over Ole Miss (Oct. 17) ... Combined with Myles Mason to stop Ole Miss on a 4th-and-goal play from the one yard line on the opening drive of the second half ... Notched 0.5 tackles for loss at Texas A&M (Oct. 31), making a stop behind the line of the scrimmage for the second straight week ... Registered three tackles with a pass broken up in the win over Tennessee (Nov. 7) ... Totaled three tackles against Florida (Nov. 14) and five against LSU (Nov. 21) ... Made five tackles, including a season-high five solo tackles against Missouri (Dec. 5) ... Did not play in the season finale against Alabama (Dec. 12) ... According to Pro Football Focus, played 584 defensive and 115 special teams snaps ... Tallied a 58.7 defensive grade and a single-game high grade of 67.9 against Missouri.

2019 (FRESHMAN): Started all 12 games at nickelback for the Razorbacks in 2019 … Played in 515 snaps in his debut season, the most of any freshman at Arkansas in 2019 … Recorded 25 total tackles, 13 solo, with three pass breakups, a quarterback hurry and an interception … Notched his first collegiate tackle at Ole Miss on Sept. 7 as part of a four-tackle night … It would be one of two times he tallied three solo stops, also doing so against Western Kentucky on Nov. 9 … Racked up five tackles in the game against WKU, matching a season-high set earlier in the year vs. San Jose State (Sept. 21) … Had at least one tackle in five of the last six games … Did not record a stop against Missouri, but picked off the first pass of the second half against the Tigers on Nov. 29 in Little Rock for his first career interception … Earned a coverage grade of 81.6 from Pro Football Focus vs. Missouri.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-star prospect by Rivals and ESPN … Rated as the No. 35 cornerback in the nation and 18th overall in the state of Louisiana by ESPN … Four-year varsity letterwinner at West Jefferson High School in Harvey, Louisiana … Racked up 55 tackles and five interceptions as a junior in 2017 for the Buccaneers … Father Greg Brooks Sr. played collegiate football as a defensive back for one year at Michigan and three seasons at Southern Miss before being drafted in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals … CHOSE ARKANSAS OVER: Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Missouri, Vanderbilt and others.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 30, 2001 … Son of Pim Barnes and Gregory Brooks Sr. … Has four siblings, Ava, London, Jada and Paris.
Greg Brooks Jr.

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2019-20

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5-11 / 179 lbs