Way Back When: Ahmad Brooks of the San Francisco 49ers

On Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers will have a small, but passionate, fan base 90 miles south of Baltimore in Woodbridge, Va, home of Hylton (Woodbridge, Va.), the alma mater of 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks.

Brooks starred on varsity for four seasons for the Northern Virginia school and captured National Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior.

Now, on the verge of winning the Super Bowl, the Hylton community is hoping Brooks and the 49ers emerge with a victory on Sunday.

"Everybody's pulling for him, that the hometown boy does good," Brooks' high school coach Bill Brown told the LakeRidge-Occoquan Patch.

As a sophomore Brooks quickly became a legend at Hylton during the team's state final game, which it trailed in the fourth quarter.

"He intercepted a pass that gave us a chance to win, and he caught the touchdown pass," Brown said.

Check out more on Brooks' high school career in the Way Back When video below.