Tahj Brooks

#28 · RB · Sr. · Texas Tech5′10″ · 230 lb · Manor, TX

Tahj Brooks: RB · Texas Tech · #28.

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Tahj Brooks

RB · Texas Tech · Sr · #28

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for two head coaches at Texas Tech: Matt Wells and Joey McGuire. Named All-Big 12 two seasons running, most recently in 2024. A game that shows it: 188 rushing yards and 35 receiving yards against West Virginia — Week 14, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

284Carries
1497Yards
11.7%Top-5 share
14.8%Stuffed rate

Just 11.7% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 14.8% of carries. 17 carries for 109 yds vs North Texas; 23 for 188 vs West Virginia.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

63.4%Carry share
62.3%Q4-lead share
86.0%In competitive games

63.4% of carries overall (282/445) → 62.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (43/69) — 86.0% 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

21/293rd/4th & short
22/33Inside-5 share

21 of 29 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.4%). 22 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (66.7%).

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