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3 reasons why Jordyn Brooks will be the next great Seahawks linebacker

By Willie Keeler

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - OCTOBER 05: Linebacker Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders watches the snap during the first half of the college football game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys on October 05, 2019 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - OCTOBER 05: Linebacker Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders watches the snap during the first half of the college football game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys on October 05, 2019 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /
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Reason 1: His NFL Comp is Bobby Wagner

While breaking down the Seahawks pick of Brooks, CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora proclaimed that he loved the pick and that two evaluators that he trusts had the same pro comp for Brooks: Bobby Wagner. Brooks’ head coach at Texas Tech Matt Wells also said that Jordyn Brooks is the next Bobby Wagner and of all people, he would know.

Brooks and Wagner share an almost identical frame, with Brooks being listed by Sports Reference as 6′ 0″ and 240 pounds, while Wagner is listed as 6′ 0″ and 242 pounds. Brooks is very similar to Wagner in that his greatest skill is finding the ball, and quite often, he’s finding the ball behind the line of scrimmage.

His college stats were fairly impressive for all four years that he was a Red Raider, but his senior season stood out. Brooks had 20 tackles for loss and 3 sacks to go along with 108 total tackles. In an interview with 12th Man Rising’s Lee Vowell, Matthew Connor of FanSided’s Texas Tech site, Wreck ’em Red, said that Brooks’ senior season he was unleashed on blitzes, something that had not been happening that often under the previous coaching staff, and that he really seemed to find a groove with the new regime letting him play to his strengths.

Brooks is clearly a great tackler, and part of his unreal tackling ability is his speed, which came in handy against the fastest conference in the nation, the Big 12. Brooks ran a 4.54 40 yard dash (80th percentile for linebackers) at the combine, and he had not been training like everyone else as he was recovering from shoulder surgery and was cleared to run at the combine just days before.

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