Player Career

Jourdan Brooks Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Rutgers

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonRutgers51652.820.5
2008 Regular SeasonRutgers51652.820.50
2009 PostseasonRutgers28241.913.1-234
2009 Regular SeasonRutgers28241.913.10

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

0

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games