Brodney Pool life and biography

Brodney Pool is an American football safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma.

Pool attended Westbury High School where, as a senior, he was ranked one of the top defensive backs in the nation by most recruiting services. During his senior season, he had 75 tackles and 11 interceptions as a safety. As a running back, he rushed 40 times for 159 yards (3.975 yards per carry avg.) and 2 touchdowns, and received 3 passes for 112 yards (37.34 yards per reception avg.) and 2 touchdowns. As a junior, he had 114 tackles and four interceptions. He also lettered in track.

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Pool finished his career at Oklahoma with 9 interceptions, two sacks, 171 tackles (15 for losses), 15 passes defensed, and two forced fumbles. In his final year, he was an Associated Press All-Big 12 Conference choice.

Cleveland Browns
Pool was drafted with the 34th pick by the Browns. Although he did not start during the 2005 season, he did play 13 games, mostly as a safety, including getting his first interception. In the 2006 season, he lost out the battle for the safety position to Sean Jones, but became a starting cornerback due to injuries by Leigh Bodden, Daylon McCutcheon, and Gary Baxter. After his rookie season in 2006, he had 54 solo tackles and 13 assisted tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception, and 7 pass deflections. He started all 16 games for the Browns in 2007, making 72 tackles and 2 interceptions. Pool holds the Browns' franchise record for longest interception return (100 yards against the Baltimore Ravens on November 18, 2007).

After the 2009 season he became a free agent.

New York Jets
On March 11, 2010, Pool signed a one year deal with the New York Jets valued at 1.3 million

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