   aaron lafette brooks (born march 24, 1976) is a retired american football quarterback who played in the nfl. he was drafted by the green bay packers in the fourth round of the 1999 nfl draft. he played college football at virginia. brooks played for the new orleans saints and oakland raiders. brooks retired in 2007 as the saints' franchise leader in season and career touchdown passes, though both records have since been broken by drew brees. ==early years== brooks lived in a public housing project in the east end area of newport news. mentored by coach tommy reamon,david fleming, "second act", espn the magazine, june 25, 2001. brooks played high school football and graduated from homer l. ferguson high school in newport news. he was awarded a scholarship to attend the university of virginia (uva), from which he graduated in 1999. ==college career== brooks enrolled at the university of virginia in the fall of 1994 and was a redshirt as a true freshman. he was a back-up to mike groh in 1995. he competed with fifth year senior tim sherman, whose father tom was wide receivers coach, for the starting quarterback job in 1996. the cavaliers were returning defensive players such as jamie sharper, james farrior, and ronde barber. the offense was led by running 
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