Natrone Brooks: DB · Southern Miss.
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Natrone Brooks
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Southern Miss. Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week in 2022 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Coastal Carolina — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 28 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 18 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 39 | 25 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 85 | 52 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 4 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-29vs Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ No. 15 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-10vs Northwestern State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27vs South Alabama | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-24vs Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 28 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%4 TFL28 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
42.8%
346 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #302 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
