Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Rutgers
Jourdan Brooks
RB • 6'1" • Germantown, MD, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jourdan Brooks leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Howard
Player Story
Jourdan Brooks built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Germantown, MD wearing No. 39, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Jourdan Brooks' career was his backfield work: 798...
Read the storyJourdan Brooks, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Rutgers. Jourdan Brooks leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 798
- Rushing yards
- 798
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Jourdan Brooks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rutgers · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 798
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2008 Postseason · Rutgers
- Top game
- Howard
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 282 scrimmage yards · RB 203rd (top 45%) · Big East 45th (top 34%) · National 691st (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Rutgers | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rutgers | 10 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 6 | 64.7 |
| 2009 Postseason | Rutgers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.4 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rutgers | 9 | 278 | 278 | 0 | 4 | 40.4 |
Related Context
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Jourdan Brooks played RB for Rutgers. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jourdan Brooks recorded 798 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason
Rutgers paired 516 primary output with 52.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Howard
Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Postseason · Rutgers
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.3
Efficiency
41.9
Usage
13.1
Consistency
27.6
Best Game by takeover score
Howard
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 4. Cincinnati: 12. Howard: 124. Florida International: 6. Maryland: 56. Texas Southern: 38. Army: 30. UConn: 11. Syracuse: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 1 by 41.7. Cincinnati: 3 by 41.7. Howard: 17 by 76. Florida International: 5 by 12.5. Maryland: 17 by 34.3. Texas Southern: 9 by 44. Army: 4 by 78.1. UConn: 3 by 38.2. Syracuse: 1 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38.4 · Games = 7 · +31.9 vs Losses
Losses6.5 · Games = 2 · -31.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Howard
Best efficiency game
78.1 vs Army
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/20 | vs UCF | W 45-24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Syracuse | L 13-31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ UConn | W 28-24 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Army | W 27-10 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | — | — | 7.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Texas Southern | W 42-0 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 1 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Maryland | W 34-13 | 17 | 56 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Florida International | W 23-15 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | — | — | 1.2 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Howard100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 45-7 | 17 | 124 | 7.30 | 3 | — | — | 7.3 |
| Mon 9/7 | vs Cincinnati | L 15-47 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
Player Story
Jourdan Brooks story
Jourdan Brooks built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Germantown, MD wearing No. 39, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Jourdan Brooks' career was his backfield work: 798 rushing yards, 160 carries, and 10 rushing touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Rutgers. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rutgers.
The arc is straightforward: Jourdan Brooks moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Rutgers
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2008200820092009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Rutgers | 516 | 52.8 | 20.5 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rutgers | 516 | 52.8 | 20.5 | 0 |
| 2009 Postseason | Rutgers | 282 | 41.9 | 13.1 | -234 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rutgers | 282 | 41.9 | 13.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Howard
Week 2 · W 45-7
Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124
Scrimmage Yards
90.4 takeover
124 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#2
@ Navy
Week 4 · L 21-23
134
Scrimmage Yards
87.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
134 scrimmage yards and 47.8 usage.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 15 · W 63-14 · Conference game
124
Scrimmage Yards
82.6 takeover
Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124 scrimmage yards and 20.4 usage.
#4
vs Morgan State
Week 5 · W 38-0
65
Scrimmage Yards
62 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 35.3 usage.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 6 · L 17-24 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
59.6 takeover
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 41.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Postseason · Rutgers
516 primary output · 52.8 efficiency · 20.5 usage
64.7
#2
2008 Regular Season · Rutgers
64.7
516 primary · 52.8 efficiency · 20.5 usage
#3
2009 Postseason · Rutgers
40.4
282 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 13.1 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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