Christopher Brooks

Senior running back for BYU. 2022: 817 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · BYU · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 230 lb · Oceanside, CA

CFB Index 62 · #60 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceBYU 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 513 nationally · Signed with California

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for BYU. 2022: 817 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to California in 2018.
Transferred from California to BYU in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at BYU, 817 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2018

Signed with California3-star out of El Camino

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#513 national

CFB

College

BYU

2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #60 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (81st percentile). Strength: yards / carry (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#76 / 398 · 81st pct

6.3

EPA / carry#104 / 398 · 74th pct

0.26

Explosive rate#131 / 398 · 67th pct

8.5%

Success rate#133 / 398 · 67th pct

48.5%

TD rate#189 / 398 · 52nd pct

4.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#37 / 346 · 89th pct

6.3

Fumbles lost#1 / 244 · 88th pct

Rush yards#75 / 346 · 78th pct

817

Carries#117 / 346 · 66th pct

130

Rush TDs#107 / 346 · 65th pct

Long run#125 / 346 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#155 / 338 · 54th pct

Receptions#184 / 338 · 43rd pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	62.3	5.7	0.5
Road5g	88.6	7.1	0.6

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #60 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	BYU	130	817	6.3	6	--
Career		130	817	6.3	6	--

Season	Team
2022	BYU	9	90	10.0	0	--
Career		9	90	10.0	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 52–26

vs Utah Tech

102 rush yds (12 car)

Dominant 26-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With J. Hall — 456 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.7 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. Rehkow — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 61 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Christopher Brooks run for 52 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 1 · South Florida · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.52Christopher Brooks run for 40 yds to the SFla 21 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Christopher Brooks run for 34 yds to the UthSt 32 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Utah Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Christopher Brooks run for 26 yds to the Utah 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · SMU · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Christopher Brooks 22 Yd Run (Jake Oldroyd Kick)
Week 6 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Christopher Brooks 28 Yd Run (Justen Smith Kick)
Week 1 · South Florida · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Christopher Brooks run for 7 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Christopher Brooks run for 18 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 8 · Liberty · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Christopher Brooks run for 22 yds to the BYU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Wyoming · 1&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Christopher Brooks run for 6 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Baylor	13	31	2.4	0	6
Wk 3	L 20-41@ 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 20-28@ 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

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Christopher Brooks

2018

202211 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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