#26

Kennedy Brooks

Junior running back for Oklahoma. 2021: 1,253 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Oklahoma · Jr. · #26

5′11″ · 215 lb · Mansfield, TX

CFB Index 77 · #23 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceOklahoma 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 211 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Oklahoma. 2021: 1,253 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma, 3,320 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2017

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Mansfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#211 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Bob Stoops. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #23 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#42 / 409 · 90th pct

12.6%

Yards / carry#92 / 409 · 78th pct

6.3

TD rate#94 / 409 · 77th pct

6.5%

EPA / carry#149 / 409 · 64th pct

0.23

Success rate#176 / 409 · 57th pct

47.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#23 / 343 · 93rd pct

1253

Rush TDs#22 / 343 · 92nd pct

Yards / carry#38 / 343 · 89th pct

6.3

Carries#41 / 343 · 88th pct

198

Long run#77 / 343 · 77th pct

Rec yards#180 / 331 · 45th pct

Receptions#185 / 331 · 42nd pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	75.7	6.0	0.6
Road5g	116	5.7	1.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #23 of 315 RBs

Former four-star. Now #23 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Oklahoma	198	1,253	6.3	13	--
2019	Oklahoma	155	1,011	6.5	6	--
2018	Oklahoma	119	1,056	8.9	12	--
Career		472	3,320	7.0	31	--

Season	Team
2021	Oklahoma	9	73	8.1	--
2019	Oklahoma	10	79	7.9	--
2018	Oklahoma	10	57	5.7	--
Career		29	209	7.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2021

W 28–21

vs Iowa State

115 rush yds (17 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With M. Turk — 54 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 63 LONG · C. Williams — 87 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.4 · 67 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Kennedy Brooks run for 65 yds to the Texas 13 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tulane · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.62Kennedy Brooks run for 32 yds to the Tulan 16 for a 1ST down TULANE Penalty, Personal Foul (Lance Robinson) to the Tulan 8 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Kennedy Brooks run for 36 yds to the OKSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Kennedy Brooks run for 33 yds for a TD, (Gabe Brkic KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Kennedy Brooks run for 29 yds for a TD, (Gabe Brkic KICK)
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Kennedy Brooks run for 32 yds to the WCaro 40 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.64Kennedy Brooks run for 4 yds for a TD (Gabe Brkic KICK)
Week 13 · Oklahoma State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Kennedy Brooks run for 22 yds to the Okla 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Kennedy Brooks run for 18 yds for a TD, (Gabe Brkic KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Kennedy Brooks run for 16 yds for a TD, (Gabe Brkic PAT MISSED)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 55-48@ 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@ 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@ Oklahoma State	22	139	6.3	0	36
Total		184	1111	5.8	10	65