Christopher Brooks - Football

Christopher Brooks

Running Back 2

Ht/Wt

230 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Oceanside,

California

Last School

Cal / El Camino High School

Roster Years

2022

BYU Highlights

Brooks was a running back at BYU for one year (2022) as a graduate transfer from Cal-Berkeley. He appeared in 11 games, including eight starts. Although brief, Brooks' BYU career was marked by a number of accomplishments:

No. 4 all-time at BYU in single-season yards per carry (6.28)
Named to Phil Steele All-Independent First Team
Named to College Football Network All-Independent Second Team
Despite missing two games with injury, finished the season with 130 carries for 817 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 6.28 yards per carry and 74.3 yards per game
Recorded 10 receptions for 98 yards, giving him 915 all-purpose yards for the 2022 season
Named one of three candidates for the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week (Sept. 7, 2022) for his 135 yards and one touchdown in BYU's 50-21 win at USF on Sept. 3.
A BYU career-best 23 carries for 164 yards in the Cougars' 35-26 win at Stanford on Nov. 26.

Personal

Son of Raquel Brooks
He changed his last name from Brown to Brooks between the 2020 and 2021 seasons in honor of his mother by taking her maiden name
Has a personal best 275 in bowling

Before BYU

Cal's leading rusher in two of the past three seasons before coming to BYU
Played in 40 games for Cal from 2018 to 2021 and totaled 1,734 yards rushing with 14 touchdowns on the ground while adding 50 catches for 345 receiving yards and seven touchdowns as a receiver
Signed with the Golden Bears in 2018 after amassing 3,249 yards rushing and 34 scores with 25 receptions for 260 yards during his final three seasons at El Camino High School
Led Cal in rushing as a sophomore in 2019 when he played in all 13 games, including 12 starts, and ran for 914 yards and eight touchdowns while also catching 22 passes for 166 yards and four more scores
Averaged a 5.2 yards per carry in 2021 to total a team-leading 607 rushing yards with four touchdowns, while adding 19 receptions for 131 yards and three touchdowns as a receiver. Finished the season with 240 rushing yards over the final three games
Had four career 100-yard rushing games at Cal—against UC Davis (197), Illinois (120) and UCLA (111) in 2019 and a season-high 131 yards against Stanford in 2021
Appeared in all 13 games off the bench as a true freshman in 2018, contributing 148 rushing yards and 31 receiving yards
Slowed by injury, he played in just three games during the pandemic season of 2020 with 65 yards rushing

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year

Sophmore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year 2022

Played in 11 games, starting eight
No. 4 all-time at BYU in single-season yards per carry (6.28)
Named to Phil Steele All-Independent First Team
Named to College Football Network All-Independent Second Team
Despite missing two games with injury, finished the season with 130 carries for 817 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 6.28 yards per carry and 74.3 yards per game
Recorded 10 receptions for 98 yards, giving him 915 all-purpose yards for the season
Joined BYU in January 2022 as a mid-year transfer after graduating from Cal-Berkeley
Recorded his fifth-career 100-yard rushing game with 135 yards and a touchdown in BYU's 50-21 win at USF on Sept. 3, 2022.
Named one of three candidates for the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week (Sept. 7, 2022)
Recorded third BYU rushing touchdown in the Cougars' 38-24 win over Wyoming on Sept. 24.
Ran for fourth BYU touchdown in BYU's 38-26 win over Utah State.
Team-leading fifth rushing touchdown in 28-20 loss to Notre Dame.
Led BYU with 102 rushing yards in 52-26 win over Utah Tech, accounting for 147 all-purpose yards with 45 receiving - this in first game back from injury
BYU career-best 23 carries for 164 yards in the Cougars' 35-26 win at Stanford.