Khalil Brooks: LB · Middle Tennessee · #6.
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Khalil Brooks
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Four seasons in the Middle Tennessee linebacker corps to date. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Conference USA. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 sack against Charlotte, Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 63 | 45 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 67 | 44 | 13.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 76 | 47 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Middle Tennessee | 37 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 |
| Career | 243 | 162 | 36.5 | 17.0 | 15 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-40@ No. 7 Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-26vs Tennessee State | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 18-41vs Duke | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-48@ No. 14 Iowa | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-13vs Marshall | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-28@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-33@ North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-17vs Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-34@ Charlotte | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-31vs Rice | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-17vs Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-31@ Western Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 45 | 4.5 | 2.5 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
6%4 pass breakups63 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 27-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
47.5%
365 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 243 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
