You’ll rarely see Antoine Brooks Jr. without a smile on his face. Article content

But there’s a reason why the second-year Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back is like that. Article content Article content

Back in high school in Maryland, football was almost taken away from Brooks as he suffered a compound ankle fracture and a broken wrist while playing quarterback for at DuVal High School.

In fact, this Sunday marks 10 years since the injury, which threatened to end his football career.

After recovering from his injury, Brooks played for the University of Maryland Terrapins from 2016-19 before being drafted by the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round in 2020.

He played four games that year for the Steelers before joining the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, where he played

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