Running back Chris Brooks joined the BYU football team as a mid-year transfer this offseason, a valuable addition with Tyler Allgeier leaving for the NFL.
Here’s a look at what has happened in Brooks’ career prior to arriving in Provo for his senior year.
Where did Chris Brooks play before transferring to BYU?
- Brooks was a running back at California from 2018-21, playing in 41 games for the Golden Bears with 16 starts.
- He rushed for 1,734 yards and 14 touchdowns during his time at Cal, averaging 4.5 yards per carry.
- Brooks’ best season in a Cal uniform was in 2019, when he rushed for 914 yards and eight touchdowns. That year, he also caught 22 passes for 166 yards and four touchdowns.
- He led the Golden Bears in rushing during two seasons — 2019 and 2021 (607 yards, four touchdowns).
- Brooks has caught 50 receptions in his college career, with 345 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
- He has four career 100-yard rushing games, with three coming in 2019 — 197 yards and a touchdown vs. UC Davis, 111 yards and two touchdowns vs. UCLA and 120 yards vs. Illinois — and one more in 2021 — 131 yards vs. Stanford.
The Chris Brooks file
- Height: 6-foot-1.
- Weight: 230 pounds.
- Class: Senior.
- Hometown: Oceanside, California.
- High school: He played at El Camino High, where he was rated a three-star prospect, according to the 247 Sports composite rankings, in the 2018 recruiting class.
- Of note: He changed his last name from Brown to Brooks between the 2020 and 2021 football seasons at Cal to honor his mother by taking her maiden name.