Player Dossier

2008-2009

Rutgers

Jourdan Brooks

RB • 6'1" • Germantown, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jourdan Brooks leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
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...

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Jourdan 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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonRutgers1036360064.7
2008 Regular SeasonRutgers104804800664.7
2009 PostseasonRutgers9440040.4
2009 Regular SeasonRutgers92782780440.4

Related Context

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

2008 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 52.8 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: Navy

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Postseason · Rutgers

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

51.6

Efficiency

52.8

Usage

20.5

Consistency

47.3

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 36. North Carolina: 42. Navy: 134. Morgan State: 65. West Virginia: 58. Cincinnati: 6. Pittsburgh: 9. Syracuse: 8. Army: 34. Louisville: 124

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 12 by 31.3. North Carolina: 7 by 62.5. Navy: 22 by 63.4. Morgan State: 18 by 37.6. West Virginia: 17 by 35.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 20.8. Pittsburgh: 1 by 87.5. Syracuse: 2 by 41.7. Army: 7 by 50.6. Louisville: 11 by 97

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins46 · Games = 6 · -14 vs Losses
Losses60 · Games = 4 · +14 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

97 vs Louisville

Result
Mon 12/29vs NC StateW 29-231236303
Fri 12/5vs Louisville100 rush yardsW 63-141112411.30111.3
Sat 11/22vs ArmyW 30-37344.9004.9
Sat 11/8vs SyracuseW 35-1728404
Sat 10/25@ PittsburghW 54-3419909
Sat 10/11@ CincinnatiL 10-1336202
Sat 10/4@ West VirginiaL 17-2417583.4003.4
Sat 9/27vs Morgan State2+ TDW 38-018653.6033.6
Sat 9/20@ Navy100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 21-23221346.1026.1
Thu 9/11vs North CarolinaL 12-44742606

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
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