Ja'Corey Brooks

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2024: 61 catches, 1,013 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Louisville · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 195 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 83 · #23 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLouisville 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

5★

WR recruit

No. 27 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2024: 61 catches, 1,013 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 1,909 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds at Boston College.Boston College · W 31-272024

20215 games

Signed with Alabama5-star out of IMG Academy

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#27 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023–2024

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #23 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: epa / target (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#35 / 610 · 94th pct

29.7%

EPA / target#45 / 610 · 93rd pct

1.38

TD rate#46 / 610 · 93rd pct

14.1%

Yards / catch#63 / 610 · 90th pct

16.6

Catch rate#171 / 610 · 72nd pct

95.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#9 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec yards#24 / 541 · 96th pct

1013

Rec TDs#19 / 541 · 95th pct

Receptions#52 / 541 · 90th pct

Yards / catch#93 / 541 · 83rd pct

16.6

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	98.8	22.2	1.2
Road6g	5.2	70.0	13.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	95.3	21.5	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	73.5	14.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #23 of 466 WRs

Former five-star. Now #23 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisville	61	1,013	16.6	9	--
2023	Alabama	3	30	10.0	0	--
2022	Alabama	39	674	17.3	8	--
2021	Alabama	15	192	12.8	2	--
Career		118	1,909	16.2	19	--

Season	Team
2024	Louisville	--	--	95	73	--
2023	Alabama	--	--	19	4	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	106	21	--
2021	Alabama	--	--	--	19	--
Career		--	--	220	117	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 33–21

at Clemson

4 rec · 42 yds

With T. Shough — 156 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.1 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · I. Brown — 151 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · SMU · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +7.17Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 86 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 4 · Georgia Tech · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.62Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 57 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.26Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 61 yds to the UVA 18 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 31 yds to the PITT 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Clemson · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 22 yds to the CLEM 30 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Notre Dame · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 24 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 6 · SMU · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 29 yds to the SMU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 15 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 8 · Miami · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 21 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 4 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 42 yds to the GT 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 62-0vs Austin Peay	7	83	11.9	1	21
Wk 2	W 49-14vs Jacksonville State	6	89	14.8	0	27
Wk 4	W 31-19vs Georgia Tech	4	125	31.3	1	57	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 5	L 24-31@ Notre Dame	5	71	14.2	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 27-34vs SMU	3	121	40.3	2	86	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 24-20@ Virginia	5	83	16.6	0	61
Wk 8	L 45-52vs Miami	6	107	17.8	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 31-27@ Boston College	8	120	15.0	0	44
Wk 10	W 33-21@ Clemson	4	42	10.5	0	22
Wk 12	L 35-38@ Stanford	9	104	11.6	0	29
Wk 13	W 37-9vs Pittsburgh	4	68	17.0	1	31
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Kentucky	—	—	—	—	—
Total		61	1013	18.3	9	86