A 12 months and a half in the past, Greg Brooks Jr. was a possible NFL prospect, captaining LSU’s soccer crew. At present, he’s wheelchair sure and hardly in a position to converse.
In September 2023, Brooks mentioned he was feeling dizzy and vomited at apply. He mentioned the crew identified him with vertigo, however the signs by no means subsided.
It was not till over a month later that Brooks was identified with a mind tumor and underwent emergency surgical procedure.
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LSU Tigers security Greg Brooks Jr., #3, in the course of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Purdue Boilermakers on Jan. 2, 2023 at Tenting World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
Nonetheless, in the course of the surgical procedure, Brooks mentioned he suffered from a number of strokes, and he’s now relearning to eat, stroll and write due to the operation.
“He is at LSU, top-of-the-line faculties in the USA. Would I’ve ever thought that his finest pursuits would not be at coronary heart? No,” Brooks’ father, Greg Sr., mentioned in a latest interview with “Good Morning America.”
“Actually, I believed it was faux. Like, I used to be in disbelief. Like a nightmare that I could not get up from,” “Little Greg” mentioned.
Nonetheless, Greg Sr. added that he has not heard from anybody on the faculty, “particularly [head coach] Brian Kelly,” since October 2023, across the time when Little Greg was identified.
“My son virtually misplaced his life, Coach. The place had been you? Neglect about soccer. Decide up the telephone and say you’re keen on the child, man,” Greg Sr. mentioned.
LSU Tigers security Greg Brooks Jr., #3, celebrates with teammates Jay Ward, #5, and West Weeks, #33, after intercepting a move towards the Purdue Boilermakers in the course of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 2, 2023 at Tenting World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
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The Brooks household filed a lawsuit towards LSU final August for negligence, saying the college didn’t deal with the scenario correctly, nor had been docs who operated on Brooks Jr. certified to take action.
The swimsuit additionally alleged LSU employees advised Brooks to play soccer regardless of feeling sick, and so they threatened to take his beginning spot away if he didn’t.
“Greg will probably want take care of the remainder of his life for the accidents he sustained on account of his suppliers’ malpractice,” the lawsuit says. “Clearly, Greg can even by no means have the ability to play soccer once more, and he’ll probably by no means have the ability to work and/or take care of himself with out the help of others.”
LSU arrange a donation fund on the time, however the swimsuit says the funds had been by no means transferred.
Brooks’ lawsuit names Our Woman of the Lake Hospital, the place he had his surgical procedure, as a defendant.
“As a result of affected person privateness legal guidelines and pending litigation, we will’t touch upon particular people or conditions,” the hospital mentioned in an announcement on the time. “The neurosurgical crew at Our Woman of the Lake is among the many most skilled in Louisiana and so they give our sufferers the very best alternative for a optimistic consequence in any circumstance.”
“Whereas LSU can not touch upon ongoing litigation, Greg Brooks stays in our ideas and prayers as he continues to work by means of the rehabilitation course of,” the college mentioned final October.
Fox Information Digital reached out to LSU for remark however has not heard again.
LSU Tigers security Greg Brooks Jr., #3, intercepts the ball towards the Purdue Boilermakers in the course of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 2, 2023 at Tenting World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
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He performed in LSU’s first two video games of the 2023 season after suiting up in all of LSU’s 14 video games in 2022. The Tigers misplaced the SEC title to Georgia in 2022 however gained the Citrus Bowl over Purdue. Brooks had a career-high 66 tackles in 2022.
Brooks transferred to LSU after the 2021 season after spending three seasons on the College of Arkansas. If all went as initially hoped, he’d probably have simply wrapped up his NFL rookie season.
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