Greg Brooks Jr transferred into LSU this offseason from Arkansas, where he had a marginally successful career. He is a huge part of the LSU defense in 2022, playing a rotation between deep safety and box defender. Brooks has another year of eligibility, which I would expect him to use, but is a very legitimate pro prospect for an NFL secondary somewhere.
HT: 5095
WT: 185
Year: Super Junior
High School: West Jefferson (Harvey, LA)
Rating: 4 star (0.8925)
Greg Brooks Jr scouting notes
Pros:
- Very quick. Moves extremely well. Very athletic player.
- Solid lateral quickness.
- Has solid upper body strength.
- Changes direction decently well. Above average for the NFL level.
- Very strong wrap-up tackler. Delivers a good hit while wrapping up, awesome technique.
- Consistently made tackles in space, even when not getting the best pursuit angle on a player.
- Decent blitzer.
- Plays deep coverage decently well.
Cons:
- I’d like to see Brooks play with more intensity in space.
- Likes to work down into the box in run support. Pursuit angles overall aren’t consistent.
- Didn’t play a lot of man coverage in the LSU scheme.
- Needs to get better depth in zone assignments. Tends to cheat up too easily. Tends to be undisciplined in zone coverage, jumping into other people’s zones.
