No. 24 – Carolina Panthers | |
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Position: | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Hallettsville, Texas, U.S. | July 21, 2003
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Hallettsville (Hallettsville) |
College: | Texas (2021–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR |
Jonathon Brooks (born July 21, 2003) is an American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas.
Brooks was born on July 21, 2003, in Hallettsville, Texas, later attending Hallettsville High School. [1] As a senior, he had 3,530 yards and 62 touchdowns on 295 carries. [2] [3] He committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football. [4]
As a true freshman at Texas in 2021, Brooks played in four games and had 21 carries for 143 yards and a touchdown. He played in seven games as a redshirt freshman behind Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson. [5] He finished the year 197 rushing yards on 30 carries with five touchdowns. [6] [7] With Robinson and Johnson both being selected in the 2023 NFL draft, Brooks earned more carries in 2023. [8]
Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 197 | 6.6 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 |
2023 | 11 | 3 | 187 | 1,139 | 6.1 | 10 | 22 | 212 | 9.6 | 1 |
Career | 22 | 3 | 238 | 1,479 | 6.3 | 16 | 25 | 261 | 10.4 | 2 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 216 lb (98 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
All values from NFL Combine [9] [10] |
Brooks was drafted by Carolina Panthers in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft. [11]
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