2017 Football Roster
Roster
Brookins, Keelon

Jersey Number 4
Keelon Brookins
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Paul, Minn.
- High School:
- Tartan HS
Bio
Career: Played in 29 games … recorded 5 tackles, including 1.0 for loss ... part of winningest senior class in school history, posting a record of 41-13 (.759), including a 26-7 (.788) mark in Big Ten play and three consecutive bowl wins
2016 Season: Earned second letter, playing in 11 games, primarily on special teams ... recorded 1 solo tackle vs. Illinois on Nov. 12
2015 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 11 games … logged two tackles, including first tackle for loss of career … registered 1.0 TFL vs. Rutgers on Oct. 31 … tallied a solo tackle vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12
2014 Season: Played in 7 games ... recorded a career-high 2 tackles vs. Illinois on Oct. 25 ... saw action at Iowa on Nov. 22, vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, at Rutgers on Nov. 1, at Northwestern on Oct. 4, vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 and vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6
2013 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals... rated as three-star recruit by ESPN and Scout ... ranked No. 32 cornerback in the nation by Rivals, No. 58 by Scout and No. 74 by ESPN ... rated the No. 2 recruit in state of Minnesota by Rivals ... despite playing in only 12 games due to injury, finished career with nine interceptions as a defensive back and scored seven touchdowns as a wide receiver... as a senior, tallied two interceptions and a forced fumble in three games before missing rest of season with knee injury ... had an interception, blocked punt and eight solo tackles in lone game of junior season ... as a sophomore, recorded six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown ... also returned a kickoff for a touchdown and scored four offensive TDs on way to All-Classic Suburban Conference honors ... claimed 2012 Minnesota Class AA state title in 200 meters as a junior, running a wind-aided 21.90 ... Tartan High School’s recipient of 2012 Wendy’s High School Heisman Athletic Award ... three-time All-Academic selection ... three-year honor roll member ... head coach was Tim Murtha
Personal: Parents are Tyrone and Dorene Brookins ... volunteered as elementary school mentor and in children’s ministries at church ... graduated with degree in human development and family studies in December 2016
2016 Season: Earned second letter, playing in 11 games, primarily on special teams ... recorded 1 solo tackle vs. Illinois on Nov. 12
2015 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 11 games … logged two tackles, including first tackle for loss of career … registered 1.0 TFL vs. Rutgers on Oct. 31 … tallied a solo tackle vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12
2014 Season: Played in 7 games ... recorded a career-high 2 tackles vs. Illinois on Oct. 25 ... saw action at Iowa on Nov. 22, vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, at Rutgers on Nov. 1, at Northwestern on Oct. 4, vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 and vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6
2013 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals... rated as three-star recruit by ESPN and Scout ... ranked No. 32 cornerback in the nation by Rivals, No. 58 by Scout and No. 74 by ESPN ... rated the No. 2 recruit in state of Minnesota by Rivals ... despite playing in only 12 games due to injury, finished career with nine interceptions as a defensive back and scored seven touchdowns as a wide receiver... as a senior, tallied two interceptions and a forced fumble in three games before missing rest of season with knee injury ... had an interception, blocked punt and eight solo tackles in lone game of junior season ... as a sophomore, recorded six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown ... also returned a kickoff for a touchdown and scored four offensive TDs on way to All-Classic Suburban Conference honors ... claimed 2012 Minnesota Class AA state title in 200 meters as a junior, running a wind-aided 21.90 ... Tartan High School’s recipient of 2012 Wendy’s High School Heisman Athletic Award ... three-time All-Academic selection ... three-year honor roll member ... head coach was Tim Murtha
Personal: Parents are Tyrone and Dorene Brookins ... volunteered as elementary school mentor and in children’s ministries at church ... graduated with degree in human development and family studies in December 2016
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