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Pro Football Hall of Fame 2014: LB Derrick Brooks announces that he’s been elected

By Jack Crosby

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Feb 2, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; NFL former player Warren Sapp (left) hugs former player Derrick Brooks after being selected to the pro football hall of fame during a NFL Network presentation at the New Orleans Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 2, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; NFL former player Warren Sapp (left) hugs former player Derrick Brooks after being selected to the pro football hall of fame during a NFL Network presentation at the New Orleans Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

The NFL Hall of Fame voting committee met for a record amount of time on Saturday in selecting the members of the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, and apparently, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks has been selected.


Brooks is the first official name that we know of in this class, and he’ll now join his former Tampa Bay defensive teammate, Warren Sapp, who was a member of the 2013 class.

After a standout career for the Florida State Seminoles, Brooks was selected 28th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played a crucial part, along with Sapp and a few others, of changing the perception of the long-suffering franchise under both Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden.

It was all capped off with a Super Bowl victory over the Oakland Raiders following the 2002 season.

For his career, Brooks notched over 1,700 tackles, 13.5 sacks, and 25 interceptions with seven of them returned for scores.

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