Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Maryland
Jalen Brooks
LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Howard
Player Story
Jalen Brooks built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 43, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Jalen Brooks' career was his defensive production: 58...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Jalen Brooks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Maryland. Jalen Brooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jalen Brooks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · LB
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Howard
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Gwinnett · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- North Gwinnett · 45 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 435th (top 40%) · Big Ten 148th (top 24%) · National 1,405th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Maryland | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 22.5 |
Related Context
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Jalen Brooks played LB for Maryland. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Brooks recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Maryland paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
18.1
Usage
3.3
Consistency
4.2
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 2. Towson: 0. UCF: 0. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 2 by 28.3. Towson: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 7 by 29.2. Wisconsin: 10 by 41.7. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Penn State | L 3-66 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Indiana | W 42-39 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Wisconsin10+ tackles | L 13-38 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Northwestern | L 21-37 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio State | L 14-62 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UCF | L 10-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Towson | W 63-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ TexasSplash game | W 51-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen Brooks story
Jalen Brooks built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 43, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Jalen Brooks' career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Brooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Maryland
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Postseason | Maryland | 5 | 15.2 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 5 | 15.2 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 18.1 | 3.3 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Howard
Week 1 · W 52-13
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas
Week 1 · W 51-41
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 10 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 2 · L 27-48
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Minnesota
Week 7 · L 10-31 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
41.9 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Maryland
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
53.3
#2
2016 Postseason · Maryland
39.3
5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Maryland
39.3
5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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