Defensive line, Bowling Green, 2018–⁠22

Karl Brooks

Number: No. 11
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 300 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Lansing, MI
Born: May 8, 2000

Karl Brooks played defensive line at Bowling Green (2018–⁠22). The Green Bay Packers took Brooks in round 6, No. 179 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 49; Tackles, 2022 (Bowling Green, 6–⁠7)
Drafted: No. 179; Round 6, 2023 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

9tackles, career highvs. Eastern Kentucky, 2018 3sacks, career highat Central Michigan, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

3–⁠93–⁠90–⁠54–⁠86–⁠7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	Bowling Green	32	13	4.5	3.5	0	0	2
2019	Bowling Green	33	16	8.5	4.5	1	1	4
2020	Bowling Green	10	3	2.5	2	0	0	0
2021	Bowling Green	41	14	11.5	6.5	0	0	3
2022	Bowling Green	49	30	17.5	10	0	3	6
Career		165	76	44.5	26.5	1	4	15

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Bowling Green	11	DL	Yr 1
2019	Bowling Green	11	DL	Yr 2
2020	Bowling Green	11	DL	Yr 3
2021	Bowling Green	11	DL	Yr 4
2022	Bowling Green	11	DL	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′4″	300

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Bowling Green 12 games, 49 tackles, 10 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 3	atUCLA	L 17–⁠45	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 10	vs.Eastern Kentucky	L 57–⁠59	4	3	2	1	0
Sep 17	vs.Marshall	W 34–⁠31	5	3	1	1	0
Sep 24	atMississippi State	L 14–⁠45	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 1	atAkron	W 31–⁠28	7	4	3.5	2.5	0
Oct 8	vs.Buffalo	L 7–⁠38	5	2	1	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Miami (OH)	W 17–⁠13	3	2	1.5	0	0
Oct 22	atCentral Michigan	W 34–⁠18	3	3	3	3	0
Nov 2	vs.Western Michigan	W 13–⁠9	7	5	0.5	0.5	0
Nov 9	vs.Kent State	L 6–⁠40	3	2	0.5	0	1
Nov 15	atToledo	W 42–⁠35	6	3	3.5	2	0
Nov 22	atOhio	L 14–⁠38	5	3	1	0	0

2021 Bowling Green 12 games, 41 tackles, 6.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 2	atTennessee	L 6–⁠38	5	4	1	1
Sep 11	vs.South Alabama	L 19–⁠22	3	1	0.5	0
Sep 18	vs.Murray State	W 27–⁠10	3	0	0.5	0
Sep 25	atMinnesota	W 14–⁠10	1	1	1	1
Oct 2	atKent State	L 20–⁠27	1	0	0	0
Oct 9	vs.Akron	L 20–⁠35	4	3	3.5	2
Oct 16	atNorthern Illinois	L 26–⁠34	2	1	0.5	0
Oct 23	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 24–⁠55	6	0	0	0
Oct 30	atBuffalo	W 56–⁠44	6	2	2	1
Nov 10	vs.Toledo	L 17–⁠49	3	0	0.5	0
Nov 16	atMiami (OH)	L 7–⁠34	4	0	0.5	0.5
Nov 26	vs.Ohio	W 21–⁠10	3	2	1.5	1

2020 Bowling Green 3 games, 10 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Nov 4	atToledo	L 3–⁠38	2	0	0	0
Nov 28	atOhio	L 10–⁠52	5	1	0.5	0
Dec 5	atAkron	L 3–⁠31	3	2	2	2

2019 Bowling Green 12 games, 33 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 29	vs.Morgan State	W 46–⁠3	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	atKansas State	L 0–⁠52	3	3	1	1	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 7–⁠35	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	atKent State	L 20–⁠62	2	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 5	atNotre Dame	L 0–⁠52	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Toledo	W 20–⁠7	5	2	2	1	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Central Michigan	L 20–⁠38	1	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 26	atWestern Michigan	L 10–⁠49	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 2	vs.Akron	W 35–⁠6	5	3	2.5	1.5	1	0
Nov 13	atMiami (OH)	L 3–⁠44	3	1	1	1	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Ohio	L 24–⁠66	3	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 29	atBuffalo	L 7–⁠49	1	1	1	0	0	0

2018 Bowling Green 9 games, 32 tackles, 3.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 8	vs.Maryland	L 14–⁠45	5	1	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 42–⁠35	9	6	1	1
Sep 22	vs.Miami (OH)	L 23–⁠38	3	0	0	0
Sep 29	atGeorgia Tech	L 17–⁠63	3	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Western Michigan	L 35–⁠42	1	1	0	0
Oct 20	atOhio	L 14–⁠49	3	1	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Kent State	L 28–⁠35	5	2	1	1
Nov 10	atCentral Michigan	W 24–⁠13	1	1	1	0
Nov 17	atAkron	W 21–⁠6	2	1	1.5	1.5

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2023 Senior Bowl (National team, won 27–⁠10).

Drill	Pro day 2023
Height	6′3⅜″
Weight	303 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	77¼″
40-yard dash	5.09 s
10-yard split	1.77 s
Vertical jump	26½″
Broad jump	8′9″
Bench press	28 reps
3-cone drill	7.63 s
20-yard shuttle	5.00 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 46 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2023	Green Bay Packers	16	18	4
2024	Green Bay Packers	13	23	3.5
2025	Green Bay Packers	12	27	0.5
2026 (so far)	Green Bay Packers	5	9	0
NFL career		46	77	8

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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