Christopher Brooks: RB · BYU · #2.
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Christopher Brooks
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Arrived at BYU from California. A game that shows it: 164 rushing yards against Stanford — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
31.0% of carries overall (130/420) → 39.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (28/71) — 53.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (25.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BYU | 130 | 817 | 6.3 | 6 | 52 |
| Career | 130 | 817 | 6.3 | 6 | 52 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BYU | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Career | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 0 | 27 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-21@ South Florida | 13 | 135 | 10.4 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-20vs No. 9 Baylor | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ No. 25 Oregon | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24vs Wyoming | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-26vs Utah State | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-28vs Notre Dame | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs Arkansas | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Liberty | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-26vs Utah Tech | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-26@ Stanford | 23 | 164 | 7.1 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 164 yds |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs SMU | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Total | 130 | 817 | 6.3 | 6 | 52 |
Week 6 · 2022
L 20-28
vs Notre Dame · neutral site
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%112 carriesFumble rate
0.8%1 of 130 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.3 yds/carry on 130 carries · 21% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 57.2 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 88.2 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 65.6 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 97.3 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.8%
391 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
62.9
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
130 carries and 9 catches in 11 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.
How it ended
One season at BYU, 817 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
