A year and a half ago, Greg Brooks Jr. was a potential prospect of the NFL, captain of the LSU football team. Today, it is linked to wheelchairs and barely capable of speaking.
In September 2023, Brooks said he felt dizzy and vomited in training. He said that the team had diagnosed him with dizziness, but that the symptoms never calmed down.
It was not until more than a month later that Brooks was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent emergency surgery.
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LSU Tigers Safety Greg Brooks Jr., # 3, during the CHEEZ-IT CITRUS BOWL between LSU Tigers and PURRODUE CHARGARDRIERS on January 2, 2023 at the World Stadium campsite in Orlando, Florida. (David Rosenblum / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
However, during surgery, Brooks said that he had suffered several shots and that he is now releasing to eat, walk and write because of the operation.
“He is in Lsu, one of the best colleges in the United States. Would I have never thought that his best interest would not be in the soul? No,” said Brooks’ father, Greg Sr., in a Recent interview with “MORNED BOVER AMERICA.”
“Honestly, I thought it was false. As, I was incredulous. Like a nightmare I couldn’t wake up,” said Little Greg. “
However, Greg Sr. added that he had heard of anyone in school ” [head coach] Brian Kelly, “since October 2023, roughly at the time when Little Greg was diagnosed.
“My son almost lost his life, coach. Where were you? Forget football. Take the phone and say that you like the kid, guy,” said Greg Sr.
Lsu Tigers Safety Greg Brooks Jr., # 3, famous with teammates Jay Ward, # 5 and West Weeks, # 33, after intercepted a pass against the boilermakers Purdue during the Citrus Bowl cheez-it on January 2, 2023 at the campsite World Stadium campsite in Orlando, Florida. (Russell Lansford / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The Brooks family filed a complaint against LSU last August for negligence, saying that the school did not properly manage the situation, and the doctors who operated Brooks Jr. are not qualified to do so.
The trial also alleged that the LSU staff told Brooks to play football despite feeling sick, and they threatened to take their starting place if he did not.
“Greg will probably need care for the rest of his life for the injuries he suffered as a result of the professional fault of his providers,” said the trial. “Obviously, Greg will never be able to play football again, and he will probably never be able to work and / or take care of himself without the help of others.”
LSU created a donation fund at the time, but the prosecution indicates that the funds have never been transferred.
The Brooks trial names Notre-Dame du Lake Hospital, where he suffered his operation, as a defendant.
“Due to patients on the confidentiality of patients and current disputes, we cannot comment on individuals or specific situations,” the hospital said in a statement at the time. “The neurosurgical team of Notre-Dame du Lac is among the most experienced in Louisiana and they give our patients the best opportunity for a positive result in all circumstances.”
“Although LSU cannot comment on the current disputes, Greg Brooks remains in our thoughts and prayers when he continues to follow the rehabilitation process,” said the university last October.
PK Press Club Digital contacted LSU to comment but has not heard.
LSU Tigers Safety Greg Brooks Jr., # 3, intercepts the ball against the pumpkin cauldrons during the Bowl Cheez-It Citrus on January 2, 2023 at the World Stadium campsite in Orlando, Florida. (Russell Lansford / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
He played in the first two LSU games of the 2023 season after having assured himself in the 14 LSU games in 2022. The Tigers lost the title of the dry against Georgia in 2022 but won the Citrus Bowl against Purdue . Brooks managed 66 career plated in 2022.
Brooks was transferred to LSU after the 2021 season after spending three seasons at University of Arkansas. If everything happened as at the origin, he would probably have concluded his recruit season from the NFL.
