There are the cool doo-rags and bucket hats with the interlocking NC logo on the front and the side brims curled up. There is the power and passion to blow up a double-team block on a kickoff cover team and sprint downfield to make the tackle. There was the drive to keep forging ahead as a lowly walk-on when teammates snuck him food from the training table.
But distinctive element number one for the graduate running back and special teams maestro from Gastonia?
That given name of British.
British Brooks smiles.
"My mother's name is Leslie," he says.