2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Brooks, Garrison

Jersey Number 10
Garrison Brooks
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- LaFayette, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Auburn HS/North Carolina
Bio
HONORS & AWARDS
2021-22 All-SEC Preseason Second Team • Coaches • Mississippi State
2020-21 ACC Preseason Player of the Year • Media • North Carolina
2020-21 John R. Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 Citizen Naismith Trophy Top 50 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 Karl Malone Award Top 20 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason First Team • ESPN, Jay Bilas • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason Second Team • The Athletic, Dick Vitale • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason Third Team • CBS Sports • North Carolina
2020-21 Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team • North Carolina
2020-21 • 2021-22 Senior Class Award Candidate • North Carolina & Mississippi State
2019-20 All-ACC Second Team • North Carolina
2019-20 ACC Most Improved Player • North Carolina
CAREER
Brooks played in 167 games with 142 starts over a five-year career which finished with a graduate transfer season at Mississippi State where he was father, George Brooks, served as an assistant coach … Wrapped up his career as the only 2021-22 Power 5 player to amass 1,600+ points and 1,000+ rebounds … Registered 63 of his 80 career games with 10-plus points over the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons … Collected 15 of his 19 career double-doubles versus Power 5 opponents … Came away with 25 career games of 10-plus rebounds coupled with 45 outings with multiple assists, 22 games with multiple blocks and 16 times with multiple steals.
2021-22 • GRADUATE SENIOR
Brooks and Iverson Molinar were the only Bulldogs to start in all 34 games … Posted 10.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 0.8 blocks and 0.8 assists per game … The 6.6 rebounds were 10th, the 2.5 offensive rebounds per game were tied for sixth and the 4.1 defensive rebounds per game were 14th in the SEC rankings … Sank 45.8 percent from the floor (136-of-297), 34.2 from beyond the three-point line (26-of-76) and 69.2 percent at the free throw line (54-of-78) … Entered the 2021-22 season with six career three-pointers made … Provided 10-plus points in 20 games and led the team in rebounding 10 times, both were second on the team.
2021-22 • BEST GAMES
Brooks pumped home a season’s best18 points and added five rebounds versus North Alabama (Nov. 10) during his MSU debut … First double-double of the season was a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against Minnesota (Dec. 5) … Matched season-high with 18 points versus Furman (Dec. 17) … Notched 16 points and eight rebounds at Ole Miss (Jan. 8) … Recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds during win over No. 24 Alabama (Jan. 15) … Fired in 17 points and added two steals against Ole Miss (Jan. 22) … Amassed a SEC season’s best 18 points on 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed nine rebounds versus South Carolina (Feb. 1) … Tacked on double-doubles in SEC road games: 12 points and 11 rebounds at Arkansas (Feb. 5); 11 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high five assists at LSU (Feb. 12) … Managed 15 points, eight rebounds and two blocks against No. 19 Tennessee (Feb. 9) … Chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds versus No. 5 Auburn (March 2) … Tallied 13 points fueled by a trio of three-pointers at Virginia (March 16), a familiar ACC foe, during NIT.
BEFORE MISSISSIPPI STATE
Brooks joins the Bulldogs as part of a talented four-member transfer class, which amassed 2,388 combined points between D.J. Jeffries (Memphis), Shakeel Moore (North Carolina State) and Rocket Watts (Michigan State) … Ranked No. 6 nationally among ESPN’s top transfers for 2021-22 … Poured in 1,276 points and 798 rebounds over his four seasons at North Carolina under Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams … The 1,276 points are 50th, whereas the 798 rebounds are 21st in UNC history … Started in 108 of 133 career games (81.2 percent) … Drained 52.6 percent of his field goals (500-of-951) and posted a 62.5 percent clip at the charity stripe (270-of-432) … Scored in double figures 60 times, notched 19 games with 10-plus rebounds and scored 20 or more points 13 times … Registered 43 of his 60 games in double figures, headed by 12 of his 13 outings of 20-plus points during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons … Collected 15 double-doubles … Won UNC’s Defensive Player of the Game nod 37 times, the second-highest total since the 2006-07 season, only behind Marcus Paige’s 39 from 2012-16 … North Carolina is a perineal program who finished among the Associated Press’ top 10 during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons … The Tar Heels finished the 2018-19 season at No. 3 in the country.
2020-21 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks started 25 of 28 games where he dialed up 10.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 blocks per contest … The 10.2 points and 6.9 rebounds were third on the team … Scored in double figures 17 times and grabbed 10 or more rebounds four times … Connected on 46.9 percent from the floor (112-of-239) and 60.6 percent on free throws (57-of-94) … Posted 14.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game at Maui Invitational in Asheville (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) where he tucked away all-tournament accolades … Eclipsed 1,000 career points with a 14-point effort versus UNLV (Nov. 30) … Worked his way to a season’s best 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting against No. 17 Texas (Dec. 2) … Posted a team-leading 17 points on 7-of-11 from the floor at No. 3 Iowa (Dec. 8) as part of ACC/Big Ten Challenge … Chipped in 11 points versus Kentucky (Dec. 19) … Canned a pair of clutch free throws and forced a key turnover to clinch two-point win at Miami (Jan. 5) … Finished Miami game with a career-high equaling three blocks … Tallied his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in win over Syracuse (Jan. 12) … Added a career-high tying three steals and two blocks versus the Orange … Fired in 10 of his 16 points at Pittsburgh (Jan. 26) during the opening half … Helped limit ACC leading scorer Justin Champagnie to just nine field goal attempts … Compiled 11 points and a season-high 13 rebounds against Northeastern (Feb. 17) … Matched a season-high 18 points on an 8-for-10 shooting clip versus Marquette (Feb. 24) … Provided 14 points and four assists against Duke (March 6) during Senior Night Victory … Won six of 10 career games and notched double figures in seven career outings in Carolina-Duke games … Completed his UNC career with 10 points and 10 rebounds versus Wisconsin (March 19) during the NCAA Tournament.
2019-20 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks averaged 16.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game where he started 31 of 32 games … Rattled home 53.5 percent from the field (207-of-387) and a 64.1 clip at the foul line (123-of-192) … Ranked among the ACC’s top five in points (16.8 – 4th), rebounds (8.5 – 5th) and field goal percentage (53.5 – 2nd) en route to the 2019-20 ACC’s Most Improved Player of the Year award and was an All-ACC Second-Team selection … Upped those marks in conference action to an ACC-leading 18.8 points per game, while his 9.0 rebounds per game and 53.5 shooting clip were second … The last UNC player to lead the ACC in scoring during league play was three-time All-America and 2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough in 2007-08 … Scored in double figures 26 times … Posted 30-plus points twice, 25-plus points seven times and 20-plus points on 13 occasions … Amassed 13 double-doubles headed by six straight (Dec. 30-Jan. 22) coupled with six 20-10 performances and one 30-10 effort … Notched 18 points and 12 rebounds at UNC Wilmington (Nov. 8) … Pumped in 20 points and seven rebounds versus Alabama (Nov. 27) to open Battle for Atlantis … Registered 17 points and 12 rebounds against Wofford (Dec. 15) to begin a stretch of 12 consecutive games in double figures (Dec. 15-Feb. 1) … Added 16 points and three assists at No. 2 Gonzaga (Dec. 18) … Poured in a career-best 35 points coupled with 11 rebounds against Georgia Tech (Jan. 4) … Became the fourth UNC player and ninth player overall to rack up 35 or more points at the Smith Center (3x by Antawn Jamison, 2x by Joseph Forte and 2x by Hansbrough) … Piled up 21 points and 10 rebounds versus Pittsburgh (Jan. 8) … Filled the stats sheet with 28 points, 13 rebounds and six assists at Virginia Tech (Jan. 22) … Amassed 25 points on 11-of-20 from the floor and 11 rebounds at North Carolina State (Jan. 27) … Wrapped up the 2019-20 campaign on a tear with seven consecutive games of 20-plus (Feb. 15-March 10), highlighted by four straight games of 25-plus points to close the regular season (Feb. 25-March 7) …Fired in 30 points versus North Carolina State (Feb. 25) to open the stretch … Managed 26 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Syracuse (Feb. 29) in addition to 26 points and 13 boards at No. 12 Duke (March 7) … The last UNC player to accomplish four games in a row of 25 or more points to finish the regular season was two-time All-America and 1998 National Player of the Year Antawn Jamison in 1997-98.
2018-19 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks improved his marks to 7.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game … Started all 36 games during her sophomore season … Buried 57.4 percent shooting overall (116-of-202) and a 63.9 clip at the charity stripe (53-of-83) … Started the season with a 20-point, five-rebound effort at Wofford (Nov. 6) … Tacked on 12 points and eight rebounds versus Stanford (Nov. 12) … Totaled nine points and eight rebounds against Texas (Nov. 22) … Collected 10 points and seven rebounds at No. 7 Michigan (Nov. 28) … Garnered 11 points versus Davidson (Dec. 29) … Managed a solid all-around effort with 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists at No. 15 North Carolina State (Jan. 8) … Added a trio of 12-point performances against No. 10 Virginia Tech (Jan. 21), at No. 15 Louisville (Feb. 2) and versus No. 4 Virginia (Feb. 11) … Dialed up 14 points, eight rebounds and two steals at No. 1 Duke (Feb. 20) … Finished with 10 points, five rebounds and two blocks against No. 4 Duke (March 9) to wrap up the regular season … Registered 10 points and eight rebounds versus Iona (March 22) in NCAA Tournament First Round.
2017-18 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks picked up 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game where he started the first 16 games of the season (Nov. 10-Jan. 6) … Sank 52.8 percent from the field (65-of-123) and a 58.7 percent at the free throw line (37-of-63) … Provided 14 points and six rebounds against Northern Iowa (Nov. 10) in career debut … Tacked on 10 points versus Bucknell (Nov. 15) and Wofford (Dec. 20) in non-conference play … Totaled nine points and eight rebounds at No. 20 Tennessee (Dec. 17) … Reached double figures for the first time in ACC action with 10 points against Pittsburgh (Feb. 3) … Came away with another 10-point during 74-69 win over No. 5 Duke (March 9) during ACC Tournament Semifinals … Secured seven points and three points versus Lipscomb (March 16) in NCAA Tournament First Round.
HIGH SCHOOL
Brooks prepped for coaches Frank Tolbert and Chris Brandt at Auburn High School … Earned All-State First-Team honors once and was a two-time All-State Second-Team honoree … Named 2016-17 Opelika-Auburn News Player of the Year and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game … Averaged 14.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game as a senior … Broke the school record for career blocks with 334 … Scored 1,457 points and grabbed 1,116 rebounds over his four years where he became the second player in Auburn High history with 1,000 or more in both categories … Was the runner-up for the Class 7A State Player of the Year award and led Auburn HS to the 2017 7A State Championship finals.
PERSONAL
Born on June 29, 1999.
2021-22 All-SEC Preseason Second Team • Coaches • Mississippi State
2020-21 ACC Preseason Player of the Year • Media • North Carolina
2020-21 John R. Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 Citizen Naismith Trophy Top 50 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 Karl Malone Award Top 20 Preseason Watch List • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason First Team • ESPN, Jay Bilas • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason Second Team • The Athletic, Dick Vitale • North Carolina
2020-21 All-America Preseason Third Team • CBS Sports • North Carolina
2020-21 Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team • North Carolina
2020-21 • 2021-22 Senior Class Award Candidate • North Carolina & Mississippi State
2019-20 All-ACC Second Team • North Carolina
2019-20 ACC Most Improved Player • North Carolina
CAREER
Brooks played in 167 games with 142 starts over a five-year career which finished with a graduate transfer season at Mississippi State where he was father, George Brooks, served as an assistant coach … Wrapped up his career as the only 2021-22 Power 5 player to amass 1,600+ points and 1,000+ rebounds … Registered 63 of his 80 career games with 10-plus points over the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons … Collected 15 of his 19 career double-doubles versus Power 5 opponents … Came away with 25 career games of 10-plus rebounds coupled with 45 outings with multiple assists, 22 games with multiple blocks and 16 times with multiple steals.
2021-22 • GRADUATE SENIOR
Brooks and Iverson Molinar were the only Bulldogs to start in all 34 games … Posted 10.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 0.8 blocks and 0.8 assists per game … The 6.6 rebounds were 10th, the 2.5 offensive rebounds per game were tied for sixth and the 4.1 defensive rebounds per game were 14th in the SEC rankings … Sank 45.8 percent from the floor (136-of-297), 34.2 from beyond the three-point line (26-of-76) and 69.2 percent at the free throw line (54-of-78) … Entered the 2021-22 season with six career three-pointers made … Provided 10-plus points in 20 games and led the team in rebounding 10 times, both were second on the team.
2021-22 • BEST GAMES
Brooks pumped home a season’s best18 points and added five rebounds versus North Alabama (Nov. 10) during his MSU debut … First double-double of the season was a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against Minnesota (Dec. 5) … Matched season-high with 18 points versus Furman (Dec. 17) … Notched 16 points and eight rebounds at Ole Miss (Jan. 8) … Recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds during win over No. 24 Alabama (Jan. 15) … Fired in 17 points and added two steals against Ole Miss (Jan. 22) … Amassed a SEC season’s best 18 points on 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed nine rebounds versus South Carolina (Feb. 1) … Tacked on double-doubles in SEC road games: 12 points and 11 rebounds at Arkansas (Feb. 5); 11 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high five assists at LSU (Feb. 12) … Managed 15 points, eight rebounds and two blocks against No. 19 Tennessee (Feb. 9) … Chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds versus No. 5 Auburn (March 2) … Tallied 13 points fueled by a trio of three-pointers at Virginia (March 16), a familiar ACC foe, during NIT.
BEFORE MISSISSIPPI STATE
Brooks joins the Bulldogs as part of a talented four-member transfer class, which amassed 2,388 combined points between D.J. Jeffries (Memphis), Shakeel Moore (North Carolina State) and Rocket Watts (Michigan State) … Ranked No. 6 nationally among ESPN’s top transfers for 2021-22 … Poured in 1,276 points and 798 rebounds over his four seasons at North Carolina under Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams … The 1,276 points are 50th, whereas the 798 rebounds are 21st in UNC history … Started in 108 of 133 career games (81.2 percent) … Drained 52.6 percent of his field goals (500-of-951) and posted a 62.5 percent clip at the charity stripe (270-of-432) … Scored in double figures 60 times, notched 19 games with 10-plus rebounds and scored 20 or more points 13 times … Registered 43 of his 60 games in double figures, headed by 12 of his 13 outings of 20-plus points during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons … Collected 15 double-doubles … Won UNC’s Defensive Player of the Game nod 37 times, the second-highest total since the 2006-07 season, only behind Marcus Paige’s 39 from 2012-16 … North Carolina is a perineal program who finished among the Associated Press’ top 10 during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons … The Tar Heels finished the 2018-19 season at No. 3 in the country.
2020-21 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks started 25 of 28 games where he dialed up 10.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 blocks per contest … The 10.2 points and 6.9 rebounds were third on the team … Scored in double figures 17 times and grabbed 10 or more rebounds four times … Connected on 46.9 percent from the floor (112-of-239) and 60.6 percent on free throws (57-of-94) … Posted 14.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game at Maui Invitational in Asheville (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) where he tucked away all-tournament accolades … Eclipsed 1,000 career points with a 14-point effort versus UNLV (Nov. 30) … Worked his way to a season’s best 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting against No. 17 Texas (Dec. 2) … Posted a team-leading 17 points on 7-of-11 from the floor at No. 3 Iowa (Dec. 8) as part of ACC/Big Ten Challenge … Chipped in 11 points versus Kentucky (Dec. 19) … Canned a pair of clutch free throws and forced a key turnover to clinch two-point win at Miami (Jan. 5) … Finished Miami game with a career-high equaling three blocks … Tallied his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in win over Syracuse (Jan. 12) … Added a career-high tying three steals and two blocks versus the Orange … Fired in 10 of his 16 points at Pittsburgh (Jan. 26) during the opening half … Helped limit ACC leading scorer Justin Champagnie to just nine field goal attempts … Compiled 11 points and a season-high 13 rebounds against Northeastern (Feb. 17) … Matched a season-high 18 points on an 8-for-10 shooting clip versus Marquette (Feb. 24) … Provided 14 points and four assists against Duke (March 6) during Senior Night Victory … Won six of 10 career games and notched double figures in seven career outings in Carolina-Duke games … Completed his UNC career with 10 points and 10 rebounds versus Wisconsin (March 19) during the NCAA Tournament.
2019-20 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks averaged 16.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game where he started 31 of 32 games … Rattled home 53.5 percent from the field (207-of-387) and a 64.1 clip at the foul line (123-of-192) … Ranked among the ACC’s top five in points (16.8 – 4th), rebounds (8.5 – 5th) and field goal percentage (53.5 – 2nd) en route to the 2019-20 ACC’s Most Improved Player of the Year award and was an All-ACC Second-Team selection … Upped those marks in conference action to an ACC-leading 18.8 points per game, while his 9.0 rebounds per game and 53.5 shooting clip were second … The last UNC player to lead the ACC in scoring during league play was three-time All-America and 2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough in 2007-08 … Scored in double figures 26 times … Posted 30-plus points twice, 25-plus points seven times and 20-plus points on 13 occasions … Amassed 13 double-doubles headed by six straight (Dec. 30-Jan. 22) coupled with six 20-10 performances and one 30-10 effort … Notched 18 points and 12 rebounds at UNC Wilmington (Nov. 8) … Pumped in 20 points and seven rebounds versus Alabama (Nov. 27) to open Battle for Atlantis … Registered 17 points and 12 rebounds against Wofford (Dec. 15) to begin a stretch of 12 consecutive games in double figures (Dec. 15-Feb. 1) … Added 16 points and three assists at No. 2 Gonzaga (Dec. 18) … Poured in a career-best 35 points coupled with 11 rebounds against Georgia Tech (Jan. 4) … Became the fourth UNC player and ninth player overall to rack up 35 or more points at the Smith Center (3x by Antawn Jamison, 2x by Joseph Forte and 2x by Hansbrough) … Piled up 21 points and 10 rebounds versus Pittsburgh (Jan. 8) … Filled the stats sheet with 28 points, 13 rebounds and six assists at Virginia Tech (Jan. 22) … Amassed 25 points on 11-of-20 from the floor and 11 rebounds at North Carolina State (Jan. 27) … Wrapped up the 2019-20 campaign on a tear with seven consecutive games of 20-plus (Feb. 15-March 10), highlighted by four straight games of 25-plus points to close the regular season (Feb. 25-March 7) …Fired in 30 points versus North Carolina State (Feb. 25) to open the stretch … Managed 26 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Syracuse (Feb. 29) in addition to 26 points and 13 boards at No. 12 Duke (March 7) … The last UNC player to accomplish four games in a row of 25 or more points to finish the regular season was two-time All-America and 1998 National Player of the Year Antawn Jamison in 1997-98.
2018-19 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks improved his marks to 7.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game … Started all 36 games during her sophomore season … Buried 57.4 percent shooting overall (116-of-202) and a 63.9 clip at the charity stripe (53-of-83) … Started the season with a 20-point, five-rebound effort at Wofford (Nov. 6) … Tacked on 12 points and eight rebounds versus Stanford (Nov. 12) … Totaled nine points and eight rebounds against Texas (Nov. 22) … Collected 10 points and seven rebounds at No. 7 Michigan (Nov. 28) … Garnered 11 points versus Davidson (Dec. 29) … Managed a solid all-around effort with 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists at No. 15 North Carolina State (Jan. 8) … Added a trio of 12-point performances against No. 10 Virginia Tech (Jan. 21), at No. 15 Louisville (Feb. 2) and versus No. 4 Virginia (Feb. 11) … Dialed up 14 points, eight rebounds and two steals at No. 1 Duke (Feb. 20) … Finished with 10 points, five rebounds and two blocks against No. 4 Duke (March 9) to wrap up the regular season … Registered 10 points and eight rebounds versus Iona (March 22) in NCAA Tournament First Round.
2017-18 • BEST GAMES • NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks picked up 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game where he started the first 16 games of the season (Nov. 10-Jan. 6) … Sank 52.8 percent from the field (65-of-123) and a 58.7 percent at the free throw line (37-of-63) … Provided 14 points and six rebounds against Northern Iowa (Nov. 10) in career debut … Tacked on 10 points versus Bucknell (Nov. 15) and Wofford (Dec. 20) in non-conference play … Totaled nine points and eight rebounds at No. 20 Tennessee (Dec. 17) … Reached double figures for the first time in ACC action with 10 points against Pittsburgh (Feb. 3) … Came away with another 10-point during 74-69 win over No. 5 Duke (March 9) during ACC Tournament Semifinals … Secured seven points and three points versus Lipscomb (March 16) in NCAA Tournament First Round.
HIGH SCHOOL
Brooks prepped for coaches Frank Tolbert and Chris Brandt at Auburn High School … Earned All-State First-Team honors once and was a two-time All-State Second-Team honoree … Named 2016-17 Opelika-Auburn News Player of the Year and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game … Averaged 14.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game as a senior … Broke the school record for career blocks with 334 … Scored 1,457 points and grabbed 1,116 rebounds over his four years where he became the second player in Auburn High history with 1,000 or more in both categories … Was the runner-up for the Class 7A State Player of the Year award and led Auburn HS to the 2017 7A State Championship finals.
PERSONAL
Born on June 29, 1999.
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