Brooks’ Golden As He Signs With The Gophers

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Earlier this morning, Pickens High School Senior Shannon Brooks signed his Letter Of Intent to play running back at the University of Minnesota. Shannon is the first player in Dragons history to sign a full scholarship to the Big10. Brooks verbally committed to Minnesota on September 11th, 2014 and waited the nearly five months to put pen to paper. After the signing and the picture taking, i was able to briefly chat with the newest member of the Golden Gopher family.

I first asked Shannon what it felt like to finally put his signature on that scholarship:

“It feels really good. Just reminds me of how blessed I am.”

I then asked Shannon what were some of the determining factors that led him to sign with Minnesota (had offers from Buffalo, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Furman, Georgia Tech, & Kennesaw State).

“The people and the coaching staff. When I went up there the first time I just felt at home and I knew that’s the place where I wanted to be.”

The final question I asked Shannon was what he felt the future looked like for Minnesota football:

“We’ve got a good class coming in and we’ve got a lot of people coming back. I expect us to be really good in the future. They’re pretty good right now with Coach Kill, (head coach Jerry Kill), he’s won Coach Of The Year, (Big10), I have no doubt in my mind that we’ll be good.”

Shannon Brooks will likely go down as one of the most decorated running backs in Pickens football history holding several records and winning his share of awards during his time at PHS. He will one day be inducted into the PHS Athletics Hall Of Fame. Shannon’s journey is far from over as he gets ready to make the leap to D-1 football.

With the signing of Shannon Brooks, Minnesota not only got quite possibly the one of the best and certainly one of the most underrated running backs in the state of Georgia, but also a great young man. Congratulations Shannon and good luck at Minnesota!

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