#24

Jonathon Brooks

RB · Texas · So. · #24

Carolina — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 14, #46 overall
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Jonathon Brooks

RB · Texas · So · #24

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
—
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Texas
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R2 · #46
Carolina · 2024

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
2022
2023

Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 3rd NFL season

#46Rd 2 · Pick 14
CarolinaEntering 3rd NFL season
View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning
2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning
2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023Texas1871,1396.110--
2022Texas301976.65--
2021Texas211436.81--
Career2381,4796.216--
SeasonTeam
2023Texas2528611.41--
2022Texas23718.51--
2021Texas11212.00--
Career2833512.02--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 29–26

at TCU

104 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

How he plays

Play style

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

RB

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Sean Tucker’s 2021 season.

Sean Tucker

71%match

Syracuse · 2021

1st-team All-American
#2

Zach Evans

Ole Miss · 2022

70%
#3

Zach Evans

TCU · 2021

66%
#4

Chase Brown

Illinois · 2021

66%
#5

Darius Taylor

Minnesota · 2023

66%

Matches Sean on

Weight
Yards / reception
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Sean on

Height (higher)
Receiving share (higher)
Based on 9 features · 3 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Durell Robinson’s path through UConn.

Durell Robinson

96%match

UConn · 2024

#2

Abram Smith

Baylor · 2021

All-Big 12
90%
#3

Brittain Brown

UCLA · 2021

NFL Rd 7
89%
#4

Elijah Tau-Tolliver

Michigan State · 2025

89%
#5

Elijah Mitchell

Louisiana · 2020

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 6
89%

Matches Durell on

Height
Weight
Yards per carry
202120222023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jamal Roberts's junior season at Missouri (2025).

Jamal Roberts

78%match

Missouri · 2025

#2

Camryn Edwards

UConn · 2024

76%
#3

Zach Evans

Ole Miss · 2022

72%
#4

Emmett Johnson

Nebraska · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 5
70%
#5

DJ Giddens

Kansas State · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 5
70%

Matches Jamal on

Rush TD rate
Yards / carry
Weight

Differs from Jamal on

Yards / reception (higher)
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Jonathon Brooks

#1

Durell Robinson

Charlotte · 2023

96%
#2

Abram Smith

Baylor · 2021

90%
#3

Brittain Brown

UCLA · 2021

89%
#4

Elijah Tau-Tolliver

Michigan State · 2025

89%
#5

Tiyon Evans

Tennessee · 2021

88%

Development

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023
1432021
1972022
1,1392023

+697%

Up 697% from first season to most-recent.