Usage Score
3
Player Dossier
2023-2025Pittsburgh
Cruce Brookins
DB • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cruce Brookins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
16.3
Consistency
11.1
Season Value
32.6
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Scouting Read
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Cruce Brookins, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Cruce Brookins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.
Cruce Brookins played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cruce Brookins recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Pittsburgh paired 5 primary output with 26.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
16.3
Usage
3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 2. Kent State: 0. Cincinnati: 0. West Virginia: 1. Youngstown State: 0. North Carolina: 0. California: 0. Syracuse: 1. SMU: 0. Virginia: 1. Clemson: 0. Louisville: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 6 by 45. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Youngstown State: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. California: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 4 by 26.7. SMU: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
45 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/26 | @ ToledoSplash game | L 46-48 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Louisville | L 9-37 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Clemson | L 20-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Virginia | L 19-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ SMU | L 25-48 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/24 | vs Syracuse | W 41-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs California | W 17-15 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ North Carolina | W 34-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Youngstown State | W 73-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs West Virginia | W 38-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Cincinnati | W 28-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Kent State | W 55-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Pittsburgh
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 5 | 16.3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 16.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 5 | 26.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 26.2 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
West Virginia
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#2
Toledo
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.
#3
Miami
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#4
Duquesne
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#5
Syracuse
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
5 primary output · 26.2 efficiency · 5 usage
45.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
45.3
5 primary · 26.2 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
34.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.865
Steel Valley · Homestead, PA
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
90
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 24 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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