On-air Talent

Former NFL player Bucky Brooks is in his third season as an analyst for NFL Network and NFL.com. Brooks contributes weekly columns, as well as video features including 'Scout's Take' and 'On the Beat' on NFL.com. Brooks also offers interactive analysis on the latest NFL topics and headlines with weekly live online chats.

This season, Brooks returns as an analyst for NFL.com/LIVE: Thursday Night Football, NFL.com’s in-game coverage of the Network’s eight live, regular season game broadcasts. NFL.com/LIVE: Thursday Night Football presents a live show throughout the game including "live look ins" of the game, reports from the field and highlights.

As a second round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in the 1994 NFL Draft, Brooks went on to play for five different teams (Buffalo, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Kansas City and Oakland) in five seasons.

Following his playing career, Brooks joined the Seattle Seahawks pro personnel department as a regional college scout in 1999. In 2003, he went on to serve in the same capacity for the Carolina Panthers for five seasons.

A 1994 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Brooks spent three years as a football analyst for CNNSI.com before joining NFL Network and NFL.com