Eagles

Brandon Brooks Reportedly Retiring (Update – it’s Official)

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jan 26th, 2022 · 10:55 AM EST

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From Gunner:

Brandon will also announce at 11 that he is retiring from the game … he gave the game everything he had thruout his career … but his body has had enough … he was a true warriors and a class act on and off the field https://t.co/PtCxCUsfxg

— Derrick Gunn (@RealDGunn) January 26, 2022

Brooks was a fantastic player for the Eagles when healthy. He was on the Super Bowl team and went to the Pro Bowl in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Unfortunately the injuries caught up to him. Pec strain, Achilles, etc. He missed the entirety of the 2020 season and only played two games this year.

He also had some issues early in his Eagles career with anxiety and really overcame that in brilliant fashion. He overcame the bouts of mental angst and morning vomiting and really settled in to become a consistent contributor, game in and game out. Great story there.

Will update this post when Brooks speaks shortly.

EDIT 1 – here’s Brooks making the announcement:

Tune in live as G Brandon Brooks speaks to the media. https://t.co/FJCXs2P4Hr

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) January 26, 2022

EDIT 2 –

Brandon Brooks says he’s going to apply for business school at Penn.

“Year round, I’m Philly. This is home for me. This will always be home for me.”#Eagles

— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) January 26, 2022