"The things you see him do now – especially throws on the run – I thought he always excelled at," Brooks said of Keenum, who completed 67.6 percent of his passes this season, for 3,547 yards, 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. "He went to U of H and set all those records … I didn't know much about him, coming out, but in Houston, he was a bigger celebrity than [then-starter Matt] Schaub was. In Houston, he was the man."