Ellis Brooks: LB · Penn State · #13.
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Ellis Brooks
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Penn State. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
100 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penn State | 100 | 54 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 58 | 27 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 39 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 30 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 227 | 119 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-10@ No. 12 Wisconsin | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-13vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs No. 22 Auburn | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-17vs Villanova | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-0vs Indiana | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-23@ No. 3 Iowa | 14 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-20vs Illinois | 11 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33@ No. 5 Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14@ Maryland | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs No. 9 Michigan | 16 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs Rutgers | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ No. 12 Michigan State | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 54 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 16-10
at Wisconsin
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 11 tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
100tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
1%1 pass breakups100 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 31-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 9.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
52.2%
458 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
73.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
547 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
100 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #256 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 227 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
