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2023 NFL Draft Profile: Karl Brooks, DL, Bowling Green

Related Topics: Charlie Williams, Willie Lutz

Vying to be the highest-drafted Falcon since Charlie Williams in 1995, Karl Brooks has just about everything you’d need out of an NFL defensive lineman.

Hailing from Lansing, Michigan, Karl Brooks came to Bowling Green without any stars to his name. Despite dominating on the defensive side of the ball at Lansing Sexton High School and Earning honor after honor, Brooks was overlooked.

Coming into Bowling Green, there was no way you would have guessed that the no-star recruit would end up terrorizing MAC quarterbacks for five years.

As a true freshman, Brooks appeared in every game and started eight times, amassing 32 tackles, 4.