#82

Romello Brooker

Senior tight end for Houston. 2018: 33 catches, 409 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Houston · Sr. · #82

6′5″ · 253 lb · Houston, TX

Houston 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1733 nationally · Signed with Houston

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Houston. 2018: 33 catches, 409 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Houston in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Houston, 464 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Army.Army · L 14-702018

2014

Signed with Houston3-star out of Alief Taylor

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1733 national

CFB

College

Houston

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017–2018

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2018Houston8-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (80th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#3 / 109 · 95th pct

Receptions#22 / 109 · 80th pct

Rec yards#23 / 109 · 79th pct

409

Long catch#23 / 109 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#41 / 109 · 61st pct

12.4

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	49.4	16.3	0.8
Road7g	2.1	23.1	11.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	35.8	14.2	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	32.3	12.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Houston	33	409	12.4	7	--
2017	Houston	7	45	6.4	0	--
2016	Houston	2	10	5.0	1	--
Career		42	464	11.0	8	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-27@ Rice	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 2	W 45-18vs Arizona	2	76	38.0	1	52	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 3	L 49-63@ Texas Tech	2	26	13.0	0	22
Wk 6	W 41-26vs Tulsa	4	44	11.0	1	22
Wk 7	W 42-20@ East Carolina	2	9	4.5	1	6
Wk 8	W 49-36@ Navy	1	14	14.0	1	14
Wk 9	W 57-36vs South Florida	5	46	9.2	0	18
Wk 10	L 31-45@ SMU	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 49-59vs Temple	2	24	12.0	1	14
Wk 12	W 48-17vs Tulane	5	57	11.4	1	26
Wk 13	L 31-52@ Memphis	2	39	19.5	0	27
Bowl	L 14-70@ Army	4	45	11.3	1	17
Total		33	409	13.2	7	52

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