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Jalen Brooks

Wide Receiver, Arizona Cardinals · #86.

Player facts

Team: Arizona Cardinals
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 86
Born: May 7, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Harrisburg, NC, USA
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: South Carolina
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
Regular Season	2	8	16	8.0	0	9	1	0	0
Last 5 Games	2	8	16	4.0	0	9	1	0	0
Career	23	50	308	13.4	1	41	16	1	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	11 targets	-0.17	36%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs DET	L 45-21	2	7	16	8.0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ NYG	L 36-24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ SF	L 36-30	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs SEA	L 31-7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ LAC	W 26-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jalen Allen Brooks (born May 7, 2000) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jalen Brooks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life and college

Brooks was born on May 7, 2000, and grew up in Harrisburg, North Carolina. He attended Northwestern High School before transferring to Hickory Ridge High School, where he recorded 44 receptions for 771 yards with nine touchdowns as a senior. He committed to play college football at Division II Wingate. He also ran track at Wingate.

As a true freshman at Wingate in 2018, Brooks played 12 games and posted 17 receptions for 297 yards and four touchdowns. The following year, he started 11 of his 12 appearances, and tallied 751 receiving yards off 35 catches with six scores. He had 100-yard games against Virginia–Wise, Newberry and UNC Pembroke, while contributing to Wingate's 10–2 record and playoff berth. Brooks was named first-team All-South Atlantic Conference for his performance.

Brooks initially transferred to Tarleton State in 2020, but before the season started transferred again to South Carolina. He was denied eligibility until the fifth game of the season, and ended up playing six contests, four as a starter, while making 11 receptions for 100 yards. In 2021, Brooks started the first six games and recorded 14 catches for 181 yards with one score, before leaving the team for personal reasons.

Brooks returned to South Carolina prior to the 2022 season. He started all 12 games and registered 33 catches for 504 yards (both placing second on the team) with one touchdown, additionally posting four rushes for 51 yards and another score. He missed the Gator Bowl for an off-field issue and afterwards declared for the NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jalen Brooks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹