the ground!" Denver Broncos On August 6, 2012, Brooking signed a one-year contract with the Denver Broncos. At 37 years of age, he was not re-signed at the end of the season. NFL statistics Personal life In 2003, Brooking founded The Keith Brooking Children's Foundation. He was inspired by his mother, who was a foster parent while he was growing up, to create the foundation to serve the needs of foster children in metro Atlanta. There are four programs within the foundation, including the Locker 56 Shoe Program; Be a Leader, Become a Reader; the Keith Brooking Scholarship Program; and the Keith Brooking Children’s Foundation Grant Program. He was named Falcons 2002 “Man of the Year” for his extensive community involvement. He spent much of his off seasons as a player raising awareness of his foundation, visiting local schools, businesses and organizations that serve and support children. The foundation programs and services are supported by financial contributions from corporate sponsors and loyal donors, in addition, funds are raised through two yearly events as well as through grants that are awarded to the foundation by other organizations. By his actions, he was named a nominee to the Home Depot NFL Neighborhood MVP. Brooking was named to the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, in Macon, Georgia, as a member of the 2017 class. He and his wife, Holly, have two sons, Logan and Jonah, and daughters Ella and Willa. References External links Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Bio The Keith Brooking Children's Foundation 1975 births Living people People from Coweta County, Georgia Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) American football middle linebackers American football outside linebackers Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Atlanta Falcons players Dallas Cowboys players Denver Broncos players National Conference Pro Bowl players