By process of elimination, Keion Brooks is the voice and the leader among the players in the Kentucky basketball locker room going into the 2020-21 season. Only a sophomore, Brooks is the one player back from last year’s team with any basketball experience, the one player with any real media experience, he’s a member of the NABC Player Development Coalition, and on Friday he was called on to represent his team on the issue of the social injustices around our country and how things have gotten so bad, athletes can no longer remain quiet.
One day after his classmates across campus boycotted football practice, the 20-year old Brooks took questions from the media about his beliefs and if he and his teammates plan to stage their own protest so their feelings are heard too.