Djimon Brooks: DL · Georgia Tech.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Djimon Brooks
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Third year in the Georgia Tech defensive front. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Virginia — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 30 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 30 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 27 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 38 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-22vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Kennesaw State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 8-14@ No. 6 Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-22vs No. 21 North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-52vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-27@ Duke | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 40-48@ Virginia | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 17-26vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-33@ Miami | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-41vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-55@ No. 6 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-45vs No. 1 Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries30 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Geoff Collins — 9-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Geoff Collins
Pass share
43.7%
342 pass / 440 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Johnson → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
