A three-year starter at offensive guard for the Tiger football team, Terrance Brooks '91 was inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 2001.
He is one of the greatest offensive linemen ever to play for the Tigers. A native of Union Bridge, Md., he earned All-American honors as a junior and senior. A two-time All-ECAC Division II first team selection, he was an honorable mention All-American selection as a junior in 1983.In his senior season, he was named first team All-American by Kodak.
A starter in 36 games, Terrance was a key member of three of the best teams in Towson football history. In 1983, he started for a nationally ranked Tiger team that posted a 10-1 record in the regular season and made Towson’s first appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Towson dropped a 24-17 quarterfinal round game at North Dakota State in the NCAA playoffs. North Dakota State went on to win the national championship. The 1983 Tigers were honored as the winners of the Lambert Award as the top Division II team in the East and were also selected as the ECAC Division II “Team of the Year” honor.
The 1984 Tigers had an 8-3 regular season record and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA playoffs. Towson beat Norfolk State in the NCAA quarterfinals, 31-21. But for the second year in a row, the Tigers were beaten by the eventual national champions as Troy State beat Towson in the semifinals.
In addition to his accomplishments on the football field, Terrance excelled as a member of the track and field team. In his senior season, he was the East Coast Conference discus champion, setting a school record. He was honored as Towson’s Male Athlete of the Year.
Terrance was signed as a free agent by the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns and spent the 1985 season on the Browns’ roster. However, he never played in an NFL game due to a career-ending knee injury.
For eight years, Terrance was a high school football coach in Baltimore County. He also spent several seasons as an assistant football coach at Bridgewater College in Virginia where he also served as Bridgewater’s strength coach.
He is an accomplished weightlifter who has been the Virginia AAU champion three times. A world class drug-free, power-lifter, he is the five-time national champion as well as the four-time world champion. He owns many national records.
Currently the manager of a fitness store in Dumfries, Va., Terrance visits schools and youth groups as a motivational speaker on football, fitness, and Christianity.
