Player Dossier

2020-2025

North Carolina

Jalen Brooks

LB • 5'11" • 230 lbs • Knightdale, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.4

Efficiency

24

Consistency

10

Season Value

11.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina

2021222325

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
North Carolina • Missouri State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jalen Brooks, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina. Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 0 primary output with 2.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Missouri State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

24

Usage

5.4

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Marshall: 0. SMU: 2. Unknown: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Liberty: 0. UTEP: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 4 by 36.7. Unknown: 6 by 25. Western Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 8 by 43.3. New Mexico State: 5 by 20.8. Liberty: 6 by 25. UTEP: 6 by 35. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.4 · n=5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=4 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · n=5 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Middle Tennessee

Result
Sat 11/29vs Louisiana TechL 30-4211000
Sat 11/15vs UTEPW 38-24630.500.500
Sat 11/8@ LibertyW 21-1766000
Thu 10/23@ New Mexico StateW 24-1754000
Wed 10/8@ Middle TennesseeW 22-2087001
Sat 9/27vs Western KentuckyL 22-2742000
Sat 9/20vs Unknown63000
Sat 9/13vs SMUL 10-2844101
Sat 9/6@ MarshallW 21-2042000
Sat 8/30@ USCL 13-7343000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20202021202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina02.10.50
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina02.10.30
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State4245.44

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Liberty

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.6 takeover score.

#2

SMU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

#3

Middle Tennessee

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.5 takeover score.

#4

UTEP

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.

#5

Liberty

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · North Carolina

0 primary output · 2.1 efficiency · 0.5 usage

34.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · North Carolina

34.1

0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

11.9

4 primary · 24 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

50

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Jalen Brooks quick answers

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
50