Greg Brooks Jr. was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer, the school announced last year. Brooks underwent surgery in September 2023 after experiencing vertigo.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU safety Greg Brooks has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, his family and the hospital caring for him announced Wednesday.

The Brooks family, LSU Athletics, and Our Lady of the Lake Health announced today that Greg Brooks Jr. has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, medulloblastoma.