#24

Jonathon Brooks

Former running back at Texas. 2023: 1,139 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · Texas · So. · #24

6′0″ · 207 lb · Hallettsville, TX

CFB Index 83 · #18 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceCarolina — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 14, #46 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 354 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Texas. 2023: 1,139 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas, 1,479 rushing yards — drafted at #46 overall by Carolina.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20214 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Hallettsville

202310 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

2024

Drafted by Carolinaround 2, pick 46

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#354 national

CFB

College

Texas

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #46

Carolina · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

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 ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 25-14 over that span.

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #18 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (95th percentile). Strength: rush yards (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#86 / 426 · 80th pct

6.2

Explosive rate#128 / 426 · 70th pct

8.5%

TD rate#152 / 426 · 64th pct

5.5%

Success rate#162 / 426 · 62nd pct

46.7%

EPA / carry#168 / 426 · 61st pct

0.21

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#16 / 327 · 95th pct

286

Rush yards#30 / 333 · 91st pct

1139

Carries#37 / 333 · 89th pct

187

Receptions#36 / 327 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#35 / 333 · 88th pct

6.1

Rush TDs#41 / 333 · 87th pct

Long run#53 / 333 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

165 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

31%

Grind (1–3)

40%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	129	6.6	0.8
Road4g	91.5	5.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	121	6.4	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	103	5.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #18 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #18 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas	187	1,139	6.1	10	--
2022	Texas	30	197	6.6	5	--
2021	Texas	21	143	6.8	1	--
Career		238	1,479	6.2	16	--

Season	Team
2023	Texas	25	286	11.4	1	--
2022	Texas	2	37	18.5	1	--
2021	Texas	1	12	12.0	0	--
Career		28	335	12.0	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 34–24

at Alabama

57 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

With Q. Ewers — 349 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 11 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · TCU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.86Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jonathon Brooks for 73 yds to the TCU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kansas · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +4.55Jonathon Brooks run for 54 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 3 · Wyoming · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Jonathon Brooks run for 61 yds to the WYO 5 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Rice · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jonathon Brooks for 37 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 5 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Jonathon Brooks run for 67 yds to the KU 8 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Jonathon Brooks run for 31 yds to the OU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Jonathon Brooks run for 27 yds to the KSU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Jonathon Brooks run for 40 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 8 · Houston · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jonathon Brooks for 18 yds to the HOU 23 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Alabama · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Jonathon Brooks run for 14 yds to the ALA 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-10vs Rice	12	52	4.3	0	18
Wk 2	W 34-24@ Alabama	14	57	4.1	1	14
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Wyoming	21	164	7.8	0	61	164-yard day
Wk 4	W 38-6@ Baylor	18	106	5.9	2	40
Wk 5	W 40-14vs Kansas	21	218	10.4	2	67	Season-high 218 yds
Wk 6	L 30-34vs Oklahoma	22	129	5.9	1	31
Wk 8	W 31-24@ Houston	20	99	5.0	0	15
Wk 9	W 35-6vs BYU	16	98	6.1	1	38
Wk 10	W 33-30vs Kansas State	22	112	5.1	1	27
Wk 11	W 29-26@ TCU	21	104	5.0	2	22
Total		187	1139	6.0	10	67

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

34.8%Carry share

25.6%Q4-lead share

71.9%In competitive games

34.8% of carries overall (164/471) → 25.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (32/125) — 71.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/26Inside-5 share

13 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

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

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

Sean Tucker

71%match

Syracuse · 2021

1st-team All-American

Zach Evans

Ole Miss · 2022

70%

Chase Brown

Illinois · 2021

All-Big Ten

66%

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)

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

Durell Robinson

96%match

UConn · 2024

Abram Smith

Baylor · 2021

All-Big 12

90%

Brittain Brown

UCLA · 2021

NFL Rd 7

89%

Elijah Tau-Tolliver

Michigan State · 2025

89%

Elijah Mitchell

Louisiana · 2020

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 6

89%

Matches Durell on

Height

Weight

Yards per carry

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

Jamal Roberts

78%match

Missouri · 2025

Camryn Edwards

UConn · 2024

76%

Zach Evans

Ole Miss · 2022

72%

Emmett Johnson

Nebraska · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 5

70%

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)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jonathon Brooks

Greg Burrell

Texas State · 2025

68%

Heisman trajectory

Final Heisman position · 2023

#41

Jonathon Brooks finished 41st in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology