Blair Brooks

position Jumps
class Graduate Student
Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Previous School Northern Iowa

position Jumps
class Graduate Student
Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Previous School Northern Iowa

Academic Honors

2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 MVC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results

2023

Indoor

Took part in seven events in his first season with the Gamecocks, competing in the long jump, triple jump and running the 60-meter dash just once … Made his Gamecock debut at the Clemson Opener, winning the long jump with a distance of 7.26m (23-10) … Competed in three events in his home debut, winning the long jump at 7.26m (23-10), finishing third in the triple jump with a mark of 13.78m (45-2.5) and running 7.15 in the 60m to finish 14^th … Jumped a season-best 7.33m (24-0.75) twice in the long jump, including at the Carolina Challenge where he finished fourth overall … His jump of 7.33m is the ninth-best indoor long jump in Gamecock history … Recorded a new personal best in the triple jump at the Carolina Challenge when he registered a distance of 14.88m (48-10) to finish runner up, posting the ninth-best triple jump in Gamecock indoor history … Jumped in the 2023 SEC Indoor Championship, finishing 14^th overall with a distance of 14.38m (47-2.25).

Outdoor

Competed in seven events during the outdoor campaign, primarily in the long jump and triple jump, while taking part in the 100m and the 200m once … Opened his season in the Bahamas where he set a new personal best in the triple jump, jumping 14.59m (47-10.5) to finish second overall … While in the Bahamas, he ran 23.04 in the 200m for a new PR and recorded his best long jump of the season with a distance of 7.31m (23-11.75) to finish third … Won the Weems Baskin Relays long jump, jumping 7.20m (23-7.5) … Appeared in the Penn Relays, finishing ninth in the long jump with a mark of 6.98m (22-10.75) … Competed in the SEC Championship in both the long jump and the triple jump but was unable to register a mark.

Previous School(s)

Northern Iowa

2022

Indoor

Claimed fifth in the long jump (7.31m) at the MVC Championships … Tied for second in high jump (2.00m) and finished seventh in triple jump with a 14.05m mark at the Hawkeye Invitational (Jan. 15) … Won long jump with a career-best jump of 7.38m at the Jack Jennett Invitational (Jan. 21) … Also claimed the high jump title at the Friday Knight Lights Invitational … Runner-up in the long jump at the ISU Classic, while also placing sixth in high jump with a mark of 1.99m … Earned first place in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 14.55m at the Badger Invitational.

Outdoor

Finished fifth at the MVC Championships in long jump (7.32m/24-0.25) … Sixth at the MCV Championships in triple jump with a mark of 14.35m (47-1) … Won long jump and placed eighth in the 4×400 (3:23.64) and seventh in the triple jump (14.09m) at South Dakota … Won long jump at KT Woodman Classic with a distance of 7.39m … Won the Jim Duncan triple jump and long jump with leaps of 14.03m and 7.21m.

2019-20

Indoor

Part of the UNI football team that made the FCS Quarterfinals … Sat out the season due to transfer rules.

Outdoor

Part of the UNI football team that made the FCS Quarterfinals … Sat out the season due to transfer rules.

Iowa

2018-19

Football

Played wide receiver for the Hawkeyes and earned the Hawk Team Leader Special Teams Award … Part of the team that won the 2019 Outback Bowl.

Pre- South Carolina

High School

State champion in high jump and long jump as a junior … Drake Relays long jump champion as a senior … Took second place in high jump, long jump and the 4×400 relay team as a senior … Was third in the 110-meter hurdles and 4×200 as a junior … Earned all-state track honors as a freshman and sophomore … Broke school records in high jump, long jump, 110-meter hurdles and the 4×400 … Also played baseball and football … In football, he broke six school career receiving records, including receptions, yards and touchdowns … Was the Iowa Shrine Bowl MVP … No. 6 in Iowa on the 24/7 Sports’ poll … Rivals’ No. 1 ranked wide receiver in the state.

Personal

Son of Susan and Robert, who is a radio sideline reporter for Iowa football … Has an older brother, Peter … His grandfather, Bob, was the voice of Iowa Athletics for 57 years and is a College Football Hall of Fame inductee … Earning his Masters in Athletic Coaching … Cousin of former Northern Iowa basketball player and coach, Brooks McKowen (2003-07) … Enjoys mixed martial arts.

Personal Records
Indoor