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With Gandy up for a new contract and the Rams not inclined to resign their starting right tackle, the 1999 right tackle job was tobe Brooks .<br>But in June of 1999, as Brooks was preparing for his third season with the Rams, tragedy struck. His wife, Jackie, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He decided to put his athletic career on hold for several months to help her through the trauma of chemotherapy. Brooks was subsequently released by the Rams, and he turned down offers from both the Saints, Cowboys and the Jaguars.<br> As his wife s health began to improve, Brooks signed with the Cardinals (over the Jaguars and the Broncos) in the 2000 season and reunited with his offensive line coach from the Rams, George Warhop. Again Brooks made the final roster; and when the starter at left tackle L.J. Shelton became injured, Brooks saw more playing time.  Shelton went down the first play of the first game, so I got to play that whole game, and then the following two games I started. However, at the end of the season the Cardinals decided not to extend players who had missed significant amounts of practice time, as Brooks had in caring for his wife. Brooks was immediatelyrd. Brad was selected as a First Team All-American and led the SEC in homeruns and RBI's. <br>Brandon seemed so squared away during our interview, I was urprised to hear him say,  I made some bad choices in high school. I got kicked out of school my senior year. But, I did some real soulsearching. I realized God gave me some talent ancharge, but we had BFS in that role, says A laughed Brandon seriously.<br>Brandon believes working hard applies to all aspects of yourlife. Concentrate also on your grades. My dad always had me work hard in class. I've seen a lot of guys with talent sit home because they didn't have the grades.<br>I believe you should put God first. I'm from a Christian religion and that is very important to me. My father passed away not too long ago. 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