Jordyn Brooks

Former linebacker at Texas Tech. 2019: 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 245 lb · Houston, TX

Seattle — drafted 2020, Rd 1, Pick 27, #27 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 890 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

Career night19 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksvs Oklahoma State (FBS) · W 45-35

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Texas Tech. 2019: 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2016.
Drafted round 1 by the Seattle in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas Tech, 366 tackles — drafted at #27 overall by Seattle.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Houston Stratford

2020

Drafted by Seattleround 1, pick 27

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#890 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #27

Seattle · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 7th NFL season

#27Rd 1 · Pick 27

SeattleEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (100th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#5 / 2688 · 100th pct

20.0

QB hurries#8 / 2688 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#19 / 2688 · 99th pct

Tackles#33 / 2688 · 99th pct

108

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	10.2	1.8	0.5	0.0
Road5g	9.4	1.9	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	11.3	1.9	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	8.0	1.7	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Texas Tech	108	66	20.0	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Texas Tech	84	49	7.0	3.0	1	1	--
2017	Texas Tech	89	50	0.5	0.0	2	1	--
2016	Texas Tech	85	61	5.0	1.0	3	--	--
Career		366	226	32.5	7.0	6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2019

W 45–35

vs Oklahoma State

19 TOT · 8 SOLO · 3 SACKS

Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.

With J. Duffey — 424 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.4 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. McNamara — 1 TOT · 33 AVG · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Montana State	11	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 38-3vs UTEP	11	6	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-28@ Arizona	13	13	3.0	0.0	—	3.0 TFL
Wk 5	L 16-55@ Oklahoma	6	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 45-35vs Oklahoma State	19	8	4.0	3.0	—	Season-high 19 tackles
Wk 7	L 30-33@ Baylor	8	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 24-34vs Iowa State	10	7	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Kansas	9	8	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-17@ West Virginia	11	9	2.5	0.0	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 12	L 31-33vs TCU	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 27-30vs Kansas State	6	4	2.0	0.0	—
Total		108	66	20.0	3.0	—

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

201612 games

2020

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays