Punter, Georgia Tech, 2005–07
Durant Brooks
- Born
- Apr 15, 1985, in Macon, Georgia
Wikipedia readers: about 147 a month over the past year
Durant Brooks played punter at Georgia Tech (2005–07). He won the 2007 Ray Guy Award. The Washington Redskins took Brooks in round 6, No. 168 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP second team 2006 and 2007; Walter Camp second team 2006 and 2007; College Football News 2007; ESPN 2007; Pro Football Weekly 2007; Rivals.com 2007; Sports Illustrated 2007
Punting
| Season | Team | Punts | Yds | Avg | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Georgia Tech | 79 | 3,596 | 45.5 | 63 | 0 |
| 2007 | Georgia Tech | 65 | 2,929 | 45.1 | 77 | 0 |
| On file (2006–07) | 144 | 6,525 | 45.3 | 77 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Game by game
2007 Georgia Tech 13 games, 65 punts, 45.1 average
| Date | Opponent | Result | Punts | Yds | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Notre Dame | W 33–3 | 3 | 144 | 53 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Samford | W 69–14 | 2 | 93 | 53 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Boston College | L 10–24 | 10 | 453 | 59 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Virginia | L 23–28 | 8 | 380 | 61 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Clemson | W 13–3 | 7 | 344 | 59 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Maryland | L 26–28 | 3 | 104 | 46 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Miami | W 17–14 | 4 | 147 | 47 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Army | W 34–10 | 4 | 189 | 66 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 3–27 | 6 | 255 | 53 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at Duke | W 41–24 | 6 | 231 | 44 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. North Carolina | W 27–25 | 4 | 240 | 77 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Georgia | L 17–31 | 4 | 198 | 57 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 28–40 | 4 | 151 | 41 | 0 |
2006 Georgia Tech 14 games, 79 punts, 45.5 average
| Date | Opponent | Result | Punts | Yds | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs.Notre Dame | L 10–14 | 7 | 337 | 57 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Samford | W 38–6 | 5 | 239 | 54 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Troy | W 35–20 | 5 | 175 | 41 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs.Virginia | W 24–7 | 8 | 319 | 61 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atVirginia Tech | W 38–27 | 5 | 229 | 50 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Maryland | W 27–23 | 2 | 92 | 47 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atClemson | L 7–31 | 7 | 321 | 60 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Miami | W 30–23 | 6 | 305 | 63 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at NC State | W 31–23 | 8 | 352 | 61 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atNorth Carolina | W 7–0 | 7 | 326 | 60 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Duke | W 49–21 | 5 | 244 | 57 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atGeorgia | L 12–15 | 5 | 223 | 51 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Wake Forest | L 6–9 | 5 | 250 | 61 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. West Virginia | L 35–38 | 4 | 184 | 60 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¼″ |
| Weight | 204 lb |
| Arm length | 30½″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 6 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Washington Redskins | 6 | – | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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