Derrick Brooks Highlights | "Journey to Canton"

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In the 1995 NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded their second-round picks, in exchange for the Dallas Cowboys first round draft choice (28th overall), which the team used to select Brooks. Brooks played 14 years for the Buccaneers and is widely considered one of the best (if not the best) players in franchise history and one of the best linebackers in NFL history. From 1995 to 2008, Brooks started 221 of 224 games, recording 1,698 tackles, 13.5 sacks, 25 interceptions, and six touchdowns (tied for the most in NFL history by a linebacker with Bobby Bell). He was selected to the Pro Bowl 11 times, including 10 straight from 1997 to 2006, was an All-Pro nine times, was the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and led the team to the franchise's first Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XXXVII.

-6× First-team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
-3× Second-team All-Pro (1997, 1998, 2001)
-9× First-team All-NFC (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
-11× Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
-Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2000)
-"Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award (2003)
-Bart Starr Man of the Year Award (2003)
-AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2002)
-Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)
-Pro Bowl MVP (2005)
-NFL Hall of Fame (2014)