LB · #55

Derrick Brooks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Position: Linebacker
Height / Weight: 6' 0", 235 lbs
Born: 18/4/1973 in Pensacola, FL
Age: 53
College: Florida State
Draft: 1995: Rd 1, Pk 28 (TB)
Experience: 14th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

14 NFL seasons and 1,698 career tackles. Best year: 156 in 1998.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Defense

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
1995	TB	16	78	59	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	0	0	0
1996	TB	16	132	91	41	0	1	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	11	0	0	0
1997	TB	16	144	101	43	1.5	1	1	0	2	13	6.5	0	13	12	0	0	0
1998	TB	16	156	121	35	0	2	0	0	1	25	25.0	0	25	6	0	0	0
1999	TB	16	153	117	36	2	2	2	0	4	61	15.3	0	38	18	0	0	0
2000	TB	16	140	117	23	1	5	0	0	1	34	34.0	1	34	5	0	0	0
2001	TB	16	112	79	33	0	1	0	0	3	65	21.7	0	53	8	3	0	0
2002	TB	16	117	87	30	1	1	1	0	5	218	43.6	3	97	11	6	0	0
2003	TB	16	101	71	30	1	2	0	0	2	56	28.0	1	44	9	3	0	0
2004	TB	16	137	109	28	3	2	0	0	1	3	3.0	0	3	4	4	0	0
2005	TB	16	125	93	32	3	1	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	11	7	0	0
2006	TB	16	121	96	25	0	0	0	0	3	51	17.0	1	21	5	3	7	0
2007	TB	16	109	84	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	2	5	0
2008	TB	16	73	58	15	0	1	0	0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	7	7	16	0
Career		224	1698	1283	415	13.5	24	4	0	25	530	21.2	6	97	112	35	28	0

Scoring

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
2000	TB	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
2002	TB	16	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	24
2003	TB	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
2006	TB	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Career		224	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	42

Derrick Brooks — bio & career stats