Karl Brooks was a popular man after an unexpected snub from the NFL Scouting Combine, and all that attention resulted in an early selection, as the versatile defensive lineman was picked with the second pick of the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon, going 179th overall.
The former Falcon was a sleeper pick in the estimations of many draft prognosticators, as he is uniquely intriguing even amongst one of the deepest defensive line classes in recent years, Brooks, a Lansing, Michigan native, was a stalwart part of BGSU’s attack in the trenches, finishing his career with 167 total tackles, including 46 tackles-for-loss, 27.