Jonathon Brooks: RB · Texas · #24.
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Jonathon Brooks
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Third year in the same backfield at Texas. First career honor, 2023: All-Big 12. On tape: 218 rushing yards and 23 receiving yards against Kansas, Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
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.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| 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@ No. 3 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 No. 24 Kansas | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 2 | 67 | Season-high 218 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 30-34vs No. 12 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 No. 25 Kansas State | 22 | 112 | 5.1 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ TCU | 21 | 104 | 5.0 | 2 | 22 | |
| Total | 187 | 1139 | 6.1 | 10 | 67 |
Week 5 · 2023
W 40-14
vs Kansas
218 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 23 yds
Dominant 26-point win at home against Kansas.
With Q. Ewers — 325 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.4 · 40 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · A. Mitchell — 10 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%165 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 187 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.1 yds/carry on 187 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 129 | 6.7 | 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
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
47.8%
474 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #18 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 1,479 rushing yards — drafted at #46 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Sarkisian.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 3rd NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 3rd NFL season
