Brooks began last season as the third or fourth running back on the depth chart, but finished the season with 1,056 rushing yards to lead all the Sooner RBs.
That’s an impressive season total by any measure, but in Brooks’ case, he did so gaining all but 51 yards in the final eight games of the season. That’s an average of 125 yards per game over the final eight.
The redshirt junior saw only limited action early in the season a year ago. Rodney Anderson began the 2018 season as the No. 1 running back, but went down with a season-ending knee injury in OU’s second game of the year against UCLA.