2022 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Kennedy Brooks | Oklahoma | RB

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Player Bio: Kennedy Brooks attended Mansfield High School, located in Mansfield, TX. Brooks rushed for 2,865 yards and 40 touchdowns in his senior year and ran for 3,522 yards as a junior. He finished his career with 7,658 rushing yards and 96 touchdowns on 885 carries. He was named 4-6A MVP, Class 6A Associated Press First Team, and was named to the Class 6A Associated Press first team as a junior. He garnered Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s 2016 Super Team Offensive Player of the Year, All-American by MaxPreps Second-Team, and won the Landry Award as the top high school player in North Texas his senior year.

ACCOLADES
2022 NFL Combine Participant
2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist
2019 Coaches All-Big 12 Second Team 
2019 Media All-Big 12 Second Team
2018 USA Today Freshman All-American 
2018 PFF All-American Second-Team  
2018 Coaches All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

KENNEDY BROOKS
RUNNING BACK
HOMETOWN                      |           CLASS
MANSFIELD, TX                |           JUNIOR (RS)
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DRAFT YR:  2022              COMBINE INVITE: YES

​HEIGHT                    WEIGHT                    ARMS
5' 11"              209 lbs            30 ¼"

HANDS                   PROJECTED 40-TIME            DRAFT GRADE
 7 ⅝"                       4.60                       6.13

SCHOOL:  OKLAHOMA                                 |                    CONFERENCE: BIG XII
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COMBINE RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       4.59         |              DNP             |                31”            |            120”          |              DNP            |              DNP                     
 
​PRO DAY RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       DNP         |               14                |               36”              |             DNP         |             7.00            |              4.40                     

game film
#26 Kennedy brooks vs. texas (2021)

#26 kennedy brooks junior highlights

Strengths

• He is a powerful and versatile running back who can contribute in various ways.
• After setting up his blocking, he is a patient runner with excellent vision who runs well between the tackles.
• Once he identifies the open hole has excellent burst and ability to cut back against the defense.
• He will square his body to the line of scrimmage, burst through the open hole, and stay low to the ground.
• He is a powerful back who does not shy away from contact and uses his legs to power forward at the point of contact.
• The perfect back to run on short-yardage and goalline situations.
• He will run through arm tackles, uses spin moves, and have an excellent stiff-arm to avoid tackles from initial contact.
• He has deceptive speed and occasionally gets to the edge for massive gains.
• He has the excellent distinction as a pass-protector.
• As a receiver, he is a very reliable out the backfield in the flat, screen passes, and has excellent tracking ability to track the ball down the field over his shoulder.

Weaknesses

• He lacks the homerun speed to run for the distance is often caught from behind.
• He does not possess fluid hips and tends to show tight hips, demonstrating him as a runner with one-gear speed.
• He lacks any quality of elusiveness or explosiveness as a runner.
• When he attempts to demonstrate elusiveness, it appears that he may have lost his thought process and what to do next.
• He will need to learn to block at the next level against powerful pass rushers. He fails at trying to cut blocks and usually whiffs the block.
• He has very small hands and short arms, will be a concern holding on to ball
  
• Age (24 years old) may shy away most teams from drafting him

Draft Projection: 5th - 7th Round

NFL Comparison: Sony Michel (Los Angeles Rams)

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