Player Dossier

2017-2021

South Alabama

Jamal Brooks

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Bessemer, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jamal Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

55

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Missouri • South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Player Story

Jamal Brooks built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Bessemer, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Missouri and South Alabama. The clearest part of Jamal Brooks' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8883

St. Thomas Aquinas · Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Jamal Brooks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Alabama. Jamal Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
83
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jamal Brooks quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · LB
Career Tackles
83
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Arkansas
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas
High school pipeline
St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
42 tackles · LB 362nd (top 29%) · Sun Belt 61st (top 14%) · National 864th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMissouri790.50--06.3
2018 PostseasonMissouri41-0--011.6
2018 Regular SeasonMissouri45-01-011.6
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri821101-016.4
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri25-0-1022.5
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1142613-057.8

Related Context

Jamal Brooks played LB for Missouri and South Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jamal Brooks recorded 2 rushing yards and 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 11 primary output with 25.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.9 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, South Alabama.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

25.9

Usage

8.8

Consistency

31.8

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Alcorn State: 1. Louisiana: 3. Texas State: 3. Georgia Southern: 0. UL Monroe: 0.5. Troy: 0. App State: 2. Tennessee: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 5 by 30.8. Bowling Green: 4 by 16.7. Alcorn State: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 4 by 46.7. Texas State: 3 by 42.5. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 13.3. Troy: 2 by 8.3. App State: 4 by 36.7. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Louisiana

Result
Fri 11/26vs Coastal CarolinaL 21-27820.5000
Sun 11/21@ TennesseeL 14-6052000
Sat 11/13@ App StateSplash gameL 7-3142000
Sat 11/6@ TroyL 24-3121000
Sat 10/23@ UL MonroeL 31-41210.5000
Thu 10/14vs Georgia SouthernW 41-1420000
Sat 10/9@ Texas StateSplash gameL 31-33321110
Sun 10/3vs LouisianaSplash gameL 18-2044200
Sun 9/19vs Alcorn StateW 28-2131100
Sat 9/11@ Bowling GreenW 22-1943000
Sun 9/5vs Southern MissW 31-751100

Player Story

Jamal Brooks story

Jamal Brooks built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Bessemer, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Missouri and South Alabama. The clearest part of Jamal Brooks' career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 30 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jamal Brooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Missouri

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMissouri0.56.11.2
2018 PostseasonMissouri18.82.40.5
2018 Regular SeasonMissouri18.82.40
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri213.43.61
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri115.51.9-1
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1125.98.810

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arkansas

Week 14 · W 24-14 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana

Week 5 · L 18-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas State

Week 6 · L 31-33 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#4

@ App State

Week 11 · L 7-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Tennessee

Week 12 · W 50-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · South Alabama

11 primary output · 25.9 efficiency · 8.8 usage

57.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Missouri

22.5

1 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Missouri

16.4

2 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games