Senior defensive back on Boise State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Doral, FL · Baldwin HS
The story
4 defensive back on Boise State's 2025 roster.
Samuel Brooks
The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against New Mexico, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boise State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 47-14vs App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-25vs New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 24-3@ Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 10-38@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Boise State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Boise State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Boise State · Last season: 9-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #74 · 2026 recruiting class #51
CAREER HONORS Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2025) NJCAA First Team All-America (2024 at Dodge City CC) All-KJCCC First Team (2024 at Dodge City) JUNIOR (2025) Honors: Academic All-Mountain West. Top Highlights: Appeared in 11 games, seeing time as a defensive back and linebacker…recorded a sea...
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