Curtis Brooks: DT · Cincinnati · #92.
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Curtis Brooks
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A two-star recruit with five seasons on the field at Cincinnati since. First career honor, 2021: All-AAC. On tape: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Navy, Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 56 | 32 | 12.5 | 7.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 26 | 18 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 41 | 24 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 162 | 86 | 22.5 | 12.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-14vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Murray State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24@ Indiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-21vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Navy | 10 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12@ Tulane | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-28@ South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs SMU | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13@ East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-20vs No. 16 Houston | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 30 | 12.5 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2021
W 48-14
vs SMU
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 34-point win at home against SMU.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%12 TFLSack rate
13%8 sacksHurry rate
5%3 hurries56 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 48-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
46.9%
399 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #251 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 162 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #216 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
Next stop · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 5th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 5th NFL season
