Jayhawks reportedly land Juco linebacker

Kansas University’s football team has landed a late football commitment in Vernon Brooks, a 5-foot-11, 235-pound junior college All-American out of Blinn Community College in Schulenberg, Texas.

Brooks, according to various recruiting Web sites, visited KU last weekend and committed to KU over Oklahoma, Tennessee, Auburn, and Tulsa.

He is immediately eligible to play this season.

All three of KU’s starting linebackers from the 2008 season were lost to graduation.