Kennedy Brooks: RB · Oklahoma · #26.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kennedy Brooks
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Oklahoma. Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week in 2021 was the second season with an honor. One game to point at: 217 rushing yards and 2 receptions against Texas — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
40.7% of carries overall (168/413) → 47.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (48/102) — 93.8% 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
9 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.0%). 12 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-35vs Tulane | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 2 | W 76-0vs Western Carolina | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-16vs Nebraska | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 4 | W 16-13vs West Virginia | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-31@ Kansas State | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-48vs No. 21 Texas | 25 | 217 | 8.7 | 2 | 65 | Season-high 217 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 52-31vs TCU | 20 | 153 | 7.7 | 1 | 45 | 153-yard day |
| Wk 8 | W 35-23@ Kansas | 24 | 79 | 3.3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-21vs Texas Tech | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-27@ No. 18 Baylor | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-21vs Iowa State | 17 | 115 | 6.8 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 13 | L 33-37@ No. 7 Oklahoma State | 22 | 139 | 6.3 | 0 | 36 | |
| Total | 184 | 1111 | 6.0 | 10 | 65 |
Week 6 · 2021
W 55-48
vs Texas · neutral site
217 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Texas at a neutral site in a shootout.
With C. Williams — 212 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.5 · 88 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · M. Turk — 58 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Lincoln Riley — 35-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 75.7 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 91.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 98.3 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 84.6 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Stoops
Pass share
47.7%
401 pass / 440 run
Plays / game
70.1
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
198 carries and 9 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #23 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oklahoma, 3,320 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2019)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lincoln Riley.
