Shamari Brooks: RB · Tulsa · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Shamari Brooks
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Fifth year in the same backfield at Tulsa. A game that shows it: 155 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Arkansas State — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 13.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.0% of his carries. 8 carries for -2 yds vs Houston; 21 for 149 vs Arkansas State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
41.8% of carries overall (215/514) → 38.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (32/84) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.0%). 7 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (26.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 9 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@ No. 2 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 | 4.8 | 6 | 37 |
Week 10 · 2021
L 20-28
at Cincinnati
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%190 carriesFumble rate
0.9%2 of 218 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.7 yds/carry on 218 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
5 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 22-36 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
43.4%
410 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
78.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
218 carries and 8 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #149 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tulsa, 3,729 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Philip Montgomery.
