Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Florida State
DeCalon Brooks
LB • 5'10" • 215 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DeCalon Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
3
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
Player Story
DeCalon Brooks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of DeCalon Brooks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 1995
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 28
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DeCalon Brooks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State. DeCalon Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
DeCalon Brooks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Florida State
- Top game
- Louisville
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Gaither · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Gaither · 26 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 1995 · Round 1 · Pick 28 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 946th (top 76%) · ACC 393rd (top 61%) · National 3,541st (top 60%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida State | 11 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida State | 7 | 15 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 10.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida State | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.2 |
Related Context
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DeCalon Brooks played LB for Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DeCalon Brooks recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Florida State paired 8 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
7.2
Usage
1.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Syracuse: 0. Massachusetts: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Massachusetts
Player Story
DeCalon Brooks story
DeCalon Brooks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of DeCalon Brooks' career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DeCalon Brooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida State
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida State | 8 | 24.7 | 5 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida State | 1 | 10.4 | 1.7 | -7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida State | 2 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida State | 0.5 | 7.2 | 1.5 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisville
Week 5 · W 28-24 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Boise State
Week 1 · L 31-36
1
Havoc Plays
54.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Miami
Week 4 · L 10-52 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#4
@ NC State
Week 10 · L 28-47 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Clemson
Week 9 · L 10-59 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Florida State
8 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 5 usage
45.4
#2
2020 Regular Season · Florida State
12.8
2 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Florida State
10.4
1 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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