4 days ago · The former LSU football captain was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2023. Greg Brooks Jr., a former safety for the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is speaking out to share advice ...

4 days ago · Greg Brooks Jr., a former safety for the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is speaking out to share advice for young athletes after undergoing a lifechanging brain surgery and brain tumor diagnosis. "I just want young athletes in the same spot I was, if something is hurting, tell them," Brooks Jr. said in an interview with "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan that ...

1 day ago · LSU coach Brian Kelly is rebutting claims made on national television that he showed minimal interest in Greg Brooks Jr.’s well-being after the defensive back’s football career was cut short by emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor.

1 day ago · LSU coach Brian Kelly denied severing contact with ex-player Greg Brooks Jr. and his family as the former Tiger team captain battled brain cancer and the effects of an emergency surgery. At his ...

3 days ago · Brooks Jr.'s father, Greg Brooks Sr., claims he was not notified by LSU of his son's condition until he was told he would undergo brain surgery. "The one call that I received was, 'I need you to ...

Sep 21, 2023 · Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers football player, Greg Brooks Jr., underwent surgery on Friday to remove a “large brain tumor,” according to a statement released Wednesday by his...

Oct 11, 2024 · Former LSU safety Greg Brooks cannot walk and has trouble speaking because of surgery to remove a brain tumor, amid a lawsuit against LSU and OLOL.

Oct 4, 2023 · The Brooks family, LSU Athletics, and Our Lady of the Lake Health announced today that Greg Brooks Jr., a senior safety on the Tigers’ football team, has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain...

Oct 4, 2023 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU safety Greg Brooks has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, his family and the hospital caring for him announced Wednesday. Brooks had emergency surgery three weeks ago to remove a tumor between his cerebellum and brainstem.

Sep 18, 2023 · LSU starting safety Greg Brooks is out indefinitely with what coach Brian Kelly described on Monday as a “medical emergency.” Kelly said he could not go into detail about Brooks’ condition out of respect for his family’s privacy.