Nate Brooks: DB · North Texas · #9.
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Nate Brooks
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three seasons in the North Texas secondary to date. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Old Dominion — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 10 passes defended. 6 interceptions. 4 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.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
CBS News Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | North Texas | 67 | 48 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 |
| 2017 | North Texas | 31 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | North Texas | 57 | 36 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 |
| Career | 155 | 108 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 16 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-23vs SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 58-16vs Incarnate Word | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17@ Arkansas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 47-7@ Liberty | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-29vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ UTEP | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-7vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-29@ UAB | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-17vs Rice | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34@ Old Dominion | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs Florida Atlantic | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21@ UTSA | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-52vs Utah State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 67 | 48 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 |
Week 3 · 2018
W 44-17
at Arkansas
2 interceptions · 6 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 27-point win on the road against Arkansas.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
6interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL67 tackles · 4 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 6 interceptions.
3 seasons under Seth Littrell — 23-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
51.4%
504 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
67 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Texas, 155 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan McCarney → Seth Littrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
