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Bucky Brooks is a former NFL player turned analyst, now in his sixth season with NFL Network and NFL.com. After being drafted in the second round by the Buffalo Bills in 1994, he spent five years in the league primarily as a kick returner before moving into media. These days he co-hosts the podcast *Move the Sticks* with fellow ex-scout Daniel Jeremiah, where the two break down game previews, draft scouting, and whatever else the NFL calendar throws at them. Brooks also contributes weekly columns and video features like "Scout's Take" and "On the Beat" to NFL.com, and he pops up regularly on the Dave Dameshek Football Program to talk drafts and lists. His work covers a wide range — draft projections, MVP predictions, Super Bowl picks, roster rankings — with particular attention to running backs, quarterbacks, and young players entering the league.
Writes at Fox Sports Radio (podcast)
Every take from Bucky Brooks, including the ones still waiting →
Is Bucky Brooks accurate? Across 115 graded calls in 24 articles, Bucky Brooks scores 75.76% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 30.6, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is a limited sample, under thirty graded articles, so treat it with caution.
A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.
93.75% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
4 of 24 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 3 of 4.
Kenyon Sadiq to be picked at number 11
“So eleven Miami Dolphins, Kenyon Sadik from Oregon”
Rueben Bain to be picked at number 14
“Baltimore Ravens, Ruben Bain from Miami”
Kadyn Proctor to be picked at number 17
“Detroit Lions, Caden Proctor left tackle Alabama”
Keldric Faulk to be picked at number 20
“And the Dallas Cowboys Keldrick fuk Edge Albert [Auburn]”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“So at one we got a radio taken Fernando Mendoza”
Makai Lemon to be picked at number 16
“New York Jets, macaid Lemon wide receiver, USC”
Arvell Reese to be picked at number 2
“New York Jets, taken Everall Reese”
Monroe Freeling to be picked at number 27
“San Francisco Forty nine is Monroe Freeling, offensive tackle from Georgia”
C.J. Allen to be picked at number 26
“Buffalo Bill CJ. Allen linebacker from Georgia”
Jermod McCoy to be picked at number 13
“La Rams, Jermat McCoy Tennessee”
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to be picked at number 30
“Denver Broncos, Emanuel McNeil Warrant safety from Toledo”
Keldric Faulk to be picked “outside the top twenty, maybe a fringe first round pick” (picks 1–20)
“in the notes I gave him a B plus... B plus in my mind is hey, outside the top twenty, maybe a fringe first round pick”
K.C. Concepcion to be picked at number 24
“Cleveland Browns, Casey Concepcion wide receiver, Texas A and M”
Caleb Downs to be picked at number 10
“and the Cincinnati Bengals. Caleb Downs from Ohio State.”
Cade McDonald to be picked at number 25
“Chicago Bears. Cade McDonald defensive tackle Ohio State”
Caleb Lomu to be picked at number 6
“Cleveland... Caleb Lamoux, Office of Tako, Utah”
Akheem Mesidor to be picked at number 22
“La Charges messador and from Miami”
Mansoor Delane to be picked at number 18
“Minnesota Vikings, Mansueur Delane cornerback LSU”
Peter Woods to be picked at number 19
“Carolina Panthers, Peter Woods defensive tackle, Clemson”
Zachariah Branch to be picked at number 21
“Twenty one in Pittsburgh steel There's Zachariah Branch wide receiver, Georgia”
Ty Simpson to be picked at number 29
“Rams Ty Simpson quarterback Alabama”
Jordyn Tyson to be picked at number 7
“Washington Commanders, Jordan Tyson”
Cashius Howell to be picked at number 31
“Patriots, Cashus Howell edge from Texas A and M”
Avieon Terrell to be picked at number 23
“Philadelphia Eagles, Avion Terreo Clemson”
Spencer Fano to be picked at number 3
“Arizona Cardinals, Spencer for [Fano]”
Denzel Boston to be picked at number 32
“And Seattle Ceo. It's Denzel Boston wide receiver Washington”
Carnell Tate to be picked at number 4
“Tennessee Titans, Cardinal Tate”
Caleb Banks to be picked at number 28
“Texans. Take Caleb Banks defensive tackle from Florida”
Francis Mauigoa to be picked at number 5
“New York Giants, Francis Mauigoa”
Jeremiyah Love to be picked at number 9
“Kan City Chiefs, Jeremiah Love”
Olaivavega Ioane to be picked at number 15
“Tampa Bay Buccaneers, vega Ione from Penn State”
Sonny Styles to be picked at number 12
“Dallas Cowboys, Sunny Styles linebacker”
David Bailey to be picked at number 8
“New Orleans Saints, David Bailey”
“I would have Indy Pittsburgh or have the Chargers. Don't have the Chiefs in the top five, I would have the Broncos after that, and then I'm kind of stuck with... the Patriots and in the Bills. And here's the thing why I would lean towards the Patriots coaching in quarterback.”
Mason Taylor to be picked “bottom of the first round” (picks 1–32)
“DJ. Yeah, bottom of the first round. Mason Taylor could be the third tied end to come off the board”
Mason Taylor to be 3rd tight end off the board
“bottom of the first round. Mason Taylor could be the third tied end to come off the board”
Mason Graham to be picked at number 5
“my God Bucky Brooks has mister Mason Graham out of Michigan... going to Jacksonville at number five”
Shedeur Sanders to be picked at number 2
“We've talked about him at three Bucky's got him going to to Cleveland... So Bucky goes quarterback quarterback one two”
Omarion Hampton to be picked at number 10
“we'll look at number ten and oh, Marion Hampton is the running back from North Carolina... It seems that everyone is just determined that the Bears are going to draft a running back.”
Travis Hunter to be picked at number 3
“the Giants at three, choosing Travis Hunter over a dual carter”