Ja'Corey Brooks

#1 · WR · Sr. · Louisville6′3″ · 195 lb · Miami, FL · IMG Academy

Ja'Corey Brooks: WR · Louisville · #1.

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Ja'Corey Brooks

WR · Louisville · Sr · #1

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2024: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 125 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Georgia Tech — Week 4, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Louisville in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Stanford ends FBS's longest road losing streakYahoo Sports Oct 27
Kelsey urges court to end eligibility chaosThe Courier-Journal Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Louisville	61	1,013	16.6	9	86
2023	Alabama	3	30	10.0	0	25
2022	Alabama	39	674	17.3	8	41
2021	Alabama	15	192	12.8	2	44
Career		118	1,909	16.2	19	86

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 16 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 No. 6 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@ No. 11 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	16.6	9	86

Signature game

Week 8 · 2024

L 45-52

vs Miami

6 rec · 107 yds · 2 TD

With C. Lacy — 4 rec · 57 yds · T. Shough — 342 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · SMU · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.62Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 57 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +4.26Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 61 yds to the UVA 18 for a
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 31 yds to the PITT 36 for a
Week 10 · Clemson · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 22 yds to the CLEM 30 for a
Week 5 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 24 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)

4 more plays

Week 6 · SMU · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 29 yds to the SMU 46 for a
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 15 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 8 · Miami · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Tyler Shough pass complete to Ja'Corey Brooks for 42 yds to the GT 32 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

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

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 83 (#23 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

83All-Conference level #23 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Pass share

50.5%

426 pass / 417 run

Plays / game

64.8

13 games

Team sack rate

3.0%

436 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

83 · #23 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Ja'Corey Brooks

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Louisville in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons, two schools

2021 5 games

2024 12 games