2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Louisville WR Ja’Corey Brooks

From now until the 2025 NFL Draft, we hope to scout and create profiles for as many prospects as possible, examining their strengths, weaknesses, and what they can bring to an NFL franchise. These players could be potential top-10 picks, down to Day 3 selections, and priority undrafted free agents. Today, a scouting report on Louisville wide receiver Ja’Corey Brooks.

No. 1 Ja’Corey Brooks/WR Louisville – 6014, 191 pounds (Redshirt Senior)

MEASUREMENTS

THE GOOD

– Shows decent release package and ability to get off the line, nice jab step
– Impressive double-move arsenal, stop-start ability to freeze defensive backs and win vertically
– Displays good hands to catch away from body
– Can make grabs in congestion over middle
– Productive with impressive yards-per-catch figure throughout career
– Earlier career tape showed more burst and YAC
– Flashes ability to track ball in air vertically
– Finds soft spot in zone and can sit down between defenders
– Works hard to get open in scramble drills
– Some special teams value and background with a penchant for blocking punts

The Bad

– Thinner frame
– Poor overall athletic profile and stiff runner
– Lacks burst and second gear/acceleration throughout the route
– Struggles to separate at all three levels
– Can’t consistently stack cornerbacks without double-moves
– Big plays often took advantage of busted coverages and poor CB play
– Limited YAC threat
– Below-average blocker, can occasionally crack safety but needs to show more effort throughout rep and size makes him prone to falling off
– Inconsistent vertical threat who has trouble finishing
– Gets beat up and jammed by physical corners
– Drops littered 2024 season
– Goes quiet for stretches

Bio

– Turns 24 in October, 2025
– 49 career games across Alabama (2021-2023) and Louisville (2024)
– Career: 118 receptions for 1,909 yards (16.