Eli Brooks

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
G
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Spring Grove, Pa.
High School:
Spring Grove Senior

Who is Eli Brooks ...
• Nicknamed "The Professor"
• Quick and aggressive guard who is a skilled shooter, especially from long range
• Strong basketball IQ and feel for the game, who is rarely in the wrong place on the floor
• Referred to as the fourth assistant coach with his knowledge of game
• Continues to study Buddhism; added a full arm tattoo of Buddha last season

Career Notables
• 2x, U-M Captain
   • 2021-22, lone captain
   • 2020-21, tri with Isaiah Livers & Austin Davis
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (2022, media)
• All-Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree (2022, U-M recipient)
• U-M's career games leader (159)
   • Played in 100th career game against Oakland (Nov. 29, 2020)
   • Played in 150th career game at Wisconsin (Feb. 17, 2022)
• U-M's 23rd Wolverine with 100 career starts (103; t-20th all-time)
   • Made his 100th career start against Indiana (March 10)
• U-M's career wins leader (124)
   • Won his 100th career game at Indiana (Feb. 27, 2021)
• U-M's 56th 1,000-point scorer (1,157; 42nd all-time)
   • Scored his 1,000th point against Ohio State (Feb. 12, 2022)
• Recorded 52 double figure scoring games; with eight 20+ point games
   • Scored a career-best 25 at Iowa (Jan. 17, 2020); finished 5-for-11 from long range

Michigan Career
• Helped U-M advance to four straight NCAA Sweet 16s (2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22)
• Overall it was the fifth straight for U-M (2017, ‘18, ‘19, ‘21)
• Note: 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
• Helped U-M advance to two NCAA Elite Eights (2018, ‘21)
• Helped U-M advance to 2018 Final Four (San Antonio) & title game (vs. Villanova)
• Helped U-M win the 2021 Big Ten regular season title
• Helped U-M win the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title
• U-M’s second straight title; third Big Ten team to win back-to-back titles (2017, ‘18)
• Helped U-M to back-to-back 30+ win seasons
   • U-M went 63-15 with a 33-8 mark in 2017-18 and 30-7 in 2018-19
   • Fourth & fifth 30+ win seasons at U-M
• Helped U-M to the 2020 Battle 4 Atlantis title, winning three games in three days -- Iowa State, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 Gonzaga at the Atlantis Resort
• Helped U-M to the 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off title, defeating George Washington and Providence at the Mohegan Sun Resort

Graduate Student (2021-22)
• Took advantage of the NCAA’s one-time additional eligibility rule in response covid-19
• One of two Wolverines to start all 34 games (Caleb Houstan, Fr.)
• Averaged a career-best 12.8 points per game (435 points); second on the Wolverines
   • Posted 26 double figure games, with three 20+ point games
   • Scored a season-high 23 points vs. Tennessee (March 19) in NCAA Tournament
   • Began season with 10 consecutive double figure games
• Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game (126 rebounds)
   • Posted 15 games with 5+ rebounds
   • Had a season-high seven rebounds, 2x -- at Ohio State (March 6) and Colorado State (March 17)
• Averaged 2.9 assists per game (100 assists)
   • Posted 12 games with 4+ assists
   • Recorded first 100+ assist season; second on Wolverines
   • Had a season-high six assists, 3x -- at Rutgers (Jan. 4), at Michigan State (Jan. 29) and vs. Colorado State (March 17)
• Made 56 three-point field goals; second on the Wolverines
   • Shot 39.4% from long range
   • Posted 10 games with 3+ three-point field goals
   • Had a season-high four three-pointers, 3x – vs. UNLV (Nov. 19), at UCF (Dec. 30) and Purdue (Feb. 10)
• Shot a team-best 87.7 percent from the free throw line (71-for-81)
   • Had a career-high seven free throws and career-high-tying eight attempts, 3x -- Nebraska (Feb. 1), at Penn State (Feb. 8) and vs. Indiana (March 10)
• Led the Wolverines with 40 steals
   • Had a career-best four against Indiana (March 10)
• Averaged a team-best 35.9 minutes per game
   • Played four 40+ minute games -- Tarleton State (Nov. 24), Rutgers (Feb. 23), at Ohio State (March 6) and vs. Colorado State (March 17)

Senior (2020-21)
• Played a covid-19 shortened non-conference season (five games)
• Played 17 of 20 Big Ten scheduled games (three affected by covid-19)
• Started 27 games
   • Missed one game (at Minnesota, Jan. 16) after straining right foot in practice
• Averaged 9.5 points per game (256 points)
   • Posted 13 double figure games, with one 20+ game
   • Scored a season-high 21 points vs. LSU (March 22) in NCAA Tournament
• Averaged 3.1 rebounds per game (85 rebounds)
   • Posted 13 games with 4+ rebounds
   • Had season-high eight rebounds against Iowa (Feb. 25)
• Averaged 3.1 assists (84 assists)
   • Posted 11 games of 4+ assists
   • Had a career-high seven assists vs. LSU (March 22)
• Made 38 three-point field goals, second the Wolverines
   • Shot 39.6% from long range
   • Posted 10 games with 2+ three-pointers
   • Had a career-high-tying five three-pointers vs LSU (March 22)
• Shot a team-best 90.5 percent from the free throw line (40-for-44)
• Averaged 31.0 minutes per game
   • Played one 40+ minute game -- a career-high-tying 41 against Oakland (Nov. 29) in OT

Junior (2019-20)
• Season cut short after all postseason events were canceled due to covid-19
• Started 30 games
   • Missed one game (Wisconsin, Feb. 27), after breaking nose at Purdue (Feb. 22)
• Averaged 10.6 points per game (319 points)
   • Posted 13 double figure games, including four games of 20+ points
   • Scored a career-high 25 at Iowa (Jan. 17); making a career-high-tying five three-pointers
   • Posted first career double figure -- 20+ point game -- in season opener against Appalachian State (Nov. 5)
       • Scored 24 points; made a career-high five three-pointers
• Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game (110 rebounds)
   • Posted 14 games with 4+ rebounds
   • Had a career-high nine rebounds, 2x -- at Nebraska (Jan. 29) and Michigan State (Feb. 8)
• Averaged 2.0 assists per game (59 assists)
   • Posted nine games with 3+ assists
   • Had a career-high seven assists against Houston Baptist (Nov. 22)
• Made a team-best 52 three-point field goals
   • Posted nine games of 3+ three-pointers
   • Made a career-high five three-pointers, 2x -- Appalachian State (Nov. 5) and at Iowa (Jan. 17)
   • Half of his offensive shots were from long range (143-of-283)
• Averaged 32.0 minutes per game
   • Played one 40+ minute game -- a career-high 41 against Purdue (Jan. 9) in OT

Sophomore (2018-19)
• One of five Wolverines to play in all 37 games (Ignas Brazdeikis, Jordan Poole, Jon Teske, Zavier Simpson)
• Averaged 2.5 points per game (91 points)
   • Posted nine games of 5+ points
   • Scored a season-high nine points against Chattanooga (Nov. 23)
• Averaged 1.2 rebounds per game (46 rebounds)
   • Posted 12 games with 2+ rebounds
   • Had a season-high six rebounds vs. Minnesota (March 16) at Big Ten Tournament
• Averaged 1.1 assists (40 assists)
   • Posted five games with 3+ assists
   • Had a season-high four assists, 2x -- Norfolk State (Nov. 6), Air Force (Dec. 22)
• Averaged 12.9 minute
   • Posted 18 games of 15+ minutes and six 20+
   • Played a season-high 25 against Air Force (Dec. 22)

Freshman (2017-18)
• Played in 31 games, with 12 starts
   • Made collegiate debut against North Florida (Nov. 11)
       • Had two points, a steal in 14 minutes
   • Made first career start vs. Chaminade (Nov. 21) at the Maui Invitational
       • Had five points, two rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block in 21 minutes
• Averaged 1.8 points per game
   • Posted six games scoring 5+ points
   • Scored a season-high eight points, 2x -- UC Riverside (Nov. 26), at Ohio State (Dec. 4)
• Averaged 1.1 rebounds per game
   • Posted five games with 3+ rebounds
   • Had a season-high four rebounds against UC Riverside
• Average 1.0 assists (30 assists)
   • Posted seven games with 2+ assists
   • Had a season-high six against Indiana (Dec. 2)
• Averaged 10.0 minutes
   • Posted nine games of 15+ minutes and five 20+
   • Played a season-high 23, 2x -- vs. VCU (Nov. 22) and Jacksonville (Dec. 30)

Prep Career
• Played four years of varsity basketball at Spring Grove under coach, and father, James Brooks
• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class 5A first team (2017); Class 4A second team (2016)
• York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) first team (2015, '16, '17)
• Scored 2,426 career points -- Spring Grove's all-time record and the second-most points for boys in York County history
• Scored 2,000th point of his high school career on a three-pointer at Red Lion (Jan. 24, 2017), becoming the sixth boy and 13th player overall in YAIAA history to reach the lofty milestone
• As a senior (2016-17), averaged 29.7 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists with 89 three-pointers while adding 67 steals (2.2 spg) and 53 blocks (1.7 bpg)
• Led Spring Grove to a 22-8 record, a third-place finish in PIAA Class 5A District 3 playoff and first-ever appearance in the PIAA 5A state tournament advancing to the quarterfinal
• Scored 26 points including two free throws with 24 seconds left to clinch a win over West Scranton (49-48) and had 23 points and seven rebounds in win over East Stroudsburg North (65-55) during the PIAA 5A state tournament
• As a junior (2015-16), averaged 24.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.8 steals and 2.3 assists with 79 three-pointers
• Led Spring Grove to 25-4 record, the school's first YAIAA championship title since 1971, a third-place finish in PIAA Class 4A District 3 playoff and first ever appearance in the PIAA Class 4A playoff
• As a sophomore (2014-15), averaged 20.1 points per game helping Spring Grove to a 15-10 record and first district playoff game in more than a decade
• As a freshman (2013-14), helped guided Spring Grove to seven wins (2013-14) after the Rockets had won just two games (2-44) in the prior two seasons

Personal
• Born on October 14, 1998 in Sumter, South Carolina
• Son of Kelly and James Brooks
• Graduated from U-M's College of LS&A with a general studies degree (May, 2021)

Personal Notes
• Played for father, James, at Spring Grove, helping them reach its first ever State Class 4A playoffs in 2016
• Appeared in a national "Great Big Story" ad campaign for JC Penney in the spring of 2017