Aaron Lafette Brooks
Aaron Lafette Brooks

August 24, 2006

He was born March 24, 1976 in Newport News, Virginia. He's an American football quarterback in the NFL who started 82 out of 85 games in which he has played .

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He was New Orleans Saints' all time leader in touchdown passes with 120. He also played for the Green Bay Packers where he was the starting quarterback for six years.
In 2001 he emerged as NFL's top quarterbacks with 98 touchdown tosses over that span and over 3,500 yards each season. Has 16 game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime, including five in 2004. Currently he plays for the Oakland Raiders.
He's the second cousin of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, and Miami Dolphins quarterback/wide receiver specialist Marcus Vick.

During his highschool years, he attended Homer L. Ferguson High School in Newport News, Virginia, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball.

After high school, he enrolled at the University of Virginia. He had great memories during his highschool years.
He redshirted his true freshman year in 1994 and received no meaningful playing time in 1995.

In 1996, he had a starting quarterback job where he competed with fifth year senior Tim Sherman, whose father was wide receivers coach at Virginia. The Cavaliers were returning defensive standouts such as Jamie Sharper, James Farrior, Ronde Barber and Anthony Poindexter.
While the offense was led by running back Tiki Barber, Ronde's identical twin brother.

The coaching staff made Sherman the primary quarterback instead of the him, after Mike Groh went down to injury, .
He received playing time in nearly all games and was the primary quarterback in a few. The Virginia fans still debate the 1996 quarterback controversy up to this day. The controversy was caused by the incosistent quarterback play made by him and Sherman that led to an underachieving season.

He was the unquestioned starter in 1997. He and his team struggled in the early part of the season but surged late to finish 7-4. The Cavaliers, however, were not invited to a bowl game.

In 1998, the team got off to a strong start and was briefly in the top ten. The highlight of his career, was the season finale at Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers were down 29-7 at halftime, but he led the biggest comeback in school history in the 36-32 victory. The final regular season record was 9-2. The Cavaliers narrowly lost 35-33 to Georgia in a thriller at the Peach Bowl.

The following year, he was Packers' inactive third Quarterback for all 16 games. He got a 73.1 passer rating during the preseason, completing 5-of-11 attempts for 112 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 28 yards on eight carries. And was selected in the fourth round (131st overall) by the Green Bay Packers in the 1999 NFL Draft.

After becoming starting Quarterback following season-ending injury to Jeff Blake in Game 10 in 2000, he completed 113-of-194 passes for 1,514 yards, nine touchdowns and six interceptions and got an 85.7 quarterback rating. He also had 41 rushes for 170 yards, with two touchdowns. Ranked second in the NFC in fourth-quarter passer rating (101.8).

He was the top-rated quarterback in the postseason (92.0), completing 46-of-77 passes for 561 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions. He was also was the Saints' leading postseason rusher with 15 rushes for 55 yards.

He got limited duties in Games 5 and 9, but he was thrust into action in Game 11 vs. Oakland on November 19, 2000, following Blake's first-quarter injury. Their game against Oakland was 14-of-22 for 187 yards, with two passes and one interception.

The following week, November 26, 2000, he helped engineer a 31-24 win at defending Super Bowl Champion St. Louis. In the victory, the score was 17-of-29 for 190 yards with one touchdown pass and two interceptions.

He also carried the ball seven times for 34 yards with two touchdowns and became only the third quarterback in NFL history to beat the defending Super Bowl Champs in first career star.

In December 3, 2000, the team scored 30-of-48 for 441 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions vs. Denver, setting a club record in passing yards. He also helped the Saints rebound with come-from-behind 31-27 win the following week at San Francisco, completing 12-of-29 passes for 203 yards and two touchdownss and ran for 108 yards on 11 carries set all-time record for a Saints' quarterback.

He became the first NFL quarterback to have a 400-yard passing effort and a 100-yard rushing game in the same season and only the sixth player to have both in a career. Scoring 24-of-35 for 285 yards in playoff-clinching, and won against Atlanta in a 23-7 win last December 17,2000.

In December 24, 2000, they scored 16-of-31 for 208 yards with two TD passes and one interception vs. St. Louis. In 31-24 NFC Wild Card victory over St. Louis. On December 30, 2000, he completed 16-of-29 for 266 yards with four TD passes and one interception. In the NFC Divisional Playoff at Minnesota last January 6, 2001, the score was 30-of-48 for 295 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

In the year 2003, Aaron Lafette Brooks threw the famous "cellular" touchdown to Joe Horn in which Horn put a cell phone under the goal post and solidified himself as one of the most flamboyant receivers in the league. Horn earned a $25,000 fine for his antics. However, things only got sour for the Brooks and the Saints the following week after a bitter loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was a fierce close game that came down to the Saints executing a 5 lateral, miracle play started by a Brooks pass, dubbed "The River City Relay." The joy was short lived however, as Kicker John Carney inexplicably botched the subsequent extra point that would have sent the game into overtime. During the final game against the Dallas Cowboys the following week, Kicker Carney was heartily cheered and Brooks was booed. A "heartbroken" Brooks smiled and continued to chew sunflower seeds. Another Saints season had ended with no success.

In 2004, after they made a 4-8 start, Brooks led the Saints again to the brink of the playoffs, but tiebreakers and mental mistakes that went the wrong ways did the Saints in, even though they were hottest team in the NFC at the season's end.

On December 13th, 2005, after a loss on national television to the Atlanta Falcons, the Saints benched Brooks and announced Todd Bouman as the team's starter for the last three games of the season.

On March 22, 2006, Brooks signed a two-year deal with the Oakland Raiders.

He was also featured in the book entitled - Rise Above. Rise Above is the latest book in the Positively For Kids series of autobiographies of professional athletes. Aaron Brooks is married to, Tisa, they were married in June, 2003.