Jonathon Brooks

Running Back, Carolina Panthers · #25.

Player facts

Team: Carolina Panthers
Position: Running Back
Number: 25
Born: Jul 21, 2003 (age 23)
Birthplace: Hallettsville, TX, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 207 lbs
College: Texas
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Day-To-Day

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	9	30	3.3	0	7	2	43	21.5	0	48	0	0
Career	18	52	2.9	0	9	5	66	13.2	0	48	0	0

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
Rushing	9 carries	-0.27	22%		fewer than 36 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Sep 20	@ ATL	W 34-3	5	16	3.2	0	7	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs CHI	L 59-37	4	14	3.5	0	6	1	48	48.0	0	48	0	0

Last 2 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jonathon Brooks (born July 21, 2003) is an American professional football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2023. The Panthers selected him 46th overall in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft, making him the first running back drafted that year.

After appearing in three games as a rookie, Brooks missed the 2025 season while recovering from a second tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and returned to game action in 2026.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jonathon Brooks (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Brooks was born on July 21, 2003, in Hallettsville, Texas, and attended Hallettsville High School. As a senior in 2020, he rushed for 3,530 yards and 62 touchdowns on 295 carries, helping Hallettsville reach the Class 3A Division I state championship game for the first time in school history. He was named the 2020 Mr. Texas Football High School Player of the Year. Brooks committed to play college football at the University of Texas at Austin.

College career

As a true freshman at Texas in 2021, Brooks appeared in four games and rushed 21 times for 143 yards and one touchdown. In 2022, he played in seven games as a reserve behind Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, finishing with 197 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 30 carries.

After Robinson and Johnson entered the NFL, Brooks emerged as Texas's lead running back in 2023 and recorded six 100-yard rushing games. On September 30, he rushed 21 times for a career-high 218 yards and two touchdowns in a victory over No. 24 Kansas. Brooks tore the ACL in his right knee during the fourth quarter of a November 11 victory over TCU, after rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns and recording 74 receiving yards. The injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season apart from a ceremonial appearance for the final kneel-down of the Big 12 Championship Game, which gave him an official 11th appearance.

Brooks finished his redshirt sophomore season with 187 carries for 1,139 yards and 10 touchdowns, along with 25 receptions for 286 yards and one touchdown. He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors and was named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award and a finalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. In January 2024, Brooks declared for the 2024 NFL draft.