Michael Brockers with the Detroit Lions, 2022
With the Detroit Lions, 2022. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive tackle, LSU, 2009–⁠11

Michael Brockers

Number
No. 90
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Houston, TX
Born
Dec 21, 1990

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Michael Brockers played defensive tackle at LSU (2009–⁠11). The St. Louis Rams took Brockers in the first round, No. 14 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2011
Second-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 14
Overall, 2012 NFL Draft (St. Louis Rams)

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 2011

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011LSU1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
20101181725100011
2011142628541021214
On file3445791121225

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009LSU90DT
2010LSU90DT
2011LSU90DT6′6″

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

2011 LSU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 10vs.Northwestern StateW 49–⁠31

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′5″
Weight322 lb
Arm length35″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash5.36 s
10-yard split1.73 sW
Vertical jump26½″
Broad jump8′9″
Bench press21 repsW
3-cone drill7.46 s
20-yard shuttle4.81 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 148 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012St. Louis Rams102940
2013St. Louis Rams15405.50
2014St. Louis Rams153120
2015St. Louis Rams154130
2016Los Angeles Rams121800
2017Los Angeles Rams15454.50
2018Los Angeles Rams164710
2019Los Angeles Rams165730
2020Los Angeles Rams154950
2021Detroit Lions164710
2022Detroit Lions3400
NFL career148408290

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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