Shamari Brooks

Senior running back for Tulsa. 2021: 1,029 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Tulsa · Sr. · #3

5′9″ · 190 lb · Tulsa, OK

CFB Index 46 · #149 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceTulsa 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1843 nationally · Signed with Tulsa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Tulsa. 2021: 1,029 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulsa in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tulsa, 3,729 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20179 games

Signed with Tulsa3-star out of Tulsa Union

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1843 national

CFB

College

Tulsa

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

Played his entire career under Philip Montgomery.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 22-36 over that span.

2017Tulsa2-10HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2019Tulsa4-8HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced, fast tempo

2020Tulsa6-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Tulsa7-6HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #149 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (93rd percentile). Strength: rush yards (87th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#210 / 409 · 49th pct

7.0%

TD rate#279 / 409 · 32nd pct

3.2%

Yards / carry#317 / 409 · 23rd pct

4.5

Success rate#319 / 409 · 22nd pct

38.7%

EPA / carry#357 / 409 · 13th pct

-0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#25 / 343 · 93rd pct

218

Rush yards#46 / 343 · 87th pct

1029

Rush TDs#79 / 343 · 74th pct

Rec yards#184 / 331 · 44th pct

Long run#205 / 343 · 40th pct

Yards / carry#201 / 343 · 40th pct

4.7

Receptions#198 / 331 · 38th pct

Fumbles lost#177 / 222 · 13th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	74.3	4.6	0.5
Road6g	79.3	4.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	80.1	4.5	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	72.2	4.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #149 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #149 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Tulsa	218	1,029	4.7	7	--
2020	Tulsa	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Tulsa	227	1,046	4.6	6	--
2018	Tulsa	229	967	4.2	7	--
2017	Tulsa	119	687	5.8	10	--
Career		793	3,729	4.7	30	--

Season	Team
2021	Tulsa	8	71	8.9	0	--
2020	Tulsa	1	9	9.0	0	--
2019	Tulsa	9	49	5.4	1	--
2018	Tulsa	6	31	5.2	0	--
2017	Tulsa	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		25	164	6.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 34–31

at SMU

71 rush yds (18 car)

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With L. Wilson — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 60 LONG · D. Brin — 244 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 51.8 · 3 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Memphis · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA -3.97Shamari Brooks run for 1 yd to the Memph 7
Week 12 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.16Shamari Brooks run for 32 yds to the Temp 18 Shamari Brooks fumbled, forced by DaeSean Winston, recovered by Temp Cameron Ruiz
Week 4 · Arkansas State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.15S.Brooks rushed to ARKS End Zone for 25 yards. S.Brooks for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 11 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA +2.56Shamari Brooks 15 Yd Run (Zack Long Kick)
Week 7 · South Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Shamari Brooks run for 15 yds to the SFla 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Memphis · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Shamari Brooks run for 3 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 4 · Arkansas State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15S.Brooks rushed to ARKS 38 for 15 yards. Tackled by E.Alexander at ARKS 38.
Week 4 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15S.Brooks rushed to TSA 46 for 25 yards. Tackled by A.Switzer at TSA 46.
Week 5 · Houston · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA -2.14Shamari Brooks run for a loss of 5 yards to the Houst 43
Week 6 · Memphis · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.02Shamari Brooks run for 13 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-19vs UC Davis	10	80	8.0	0	19
Wk 2	L 23-28@ Oklahoma State	10	26	2.6	0	13
Wk 3	L 20-41@ Ohio State	10	31	3.1	0	9
Wk 4	W 41-34vs Arkansas State	22	155	7.0	1	25	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 5	L 10-45vs Houston	8	-2	-0.3	0	3
Wk 6	W 35-29vs Memphis	26	126	4.8	2	13
Wk 7	W 32-31@ South Florida	23	145	6.3	1	23
Wk 9	L 17-20vs Navy	10	27	2.7	0	15
Wk 10	L 20-28@ Cincinnati	25	132	5.3	1	18
Wk 11	W 20-13@ Tulane	19	71	3.7	1	19
Wk 12	W 44-10vs Temple	11	60	5.5	0	37
Wk 13	W 34-31@ SMU	18	71	3.9	0	16
Total		192	922	4.4	6	37

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