2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Texas Tech RB Tahj Brooks

From now until the 2025 NFL Draft, we will 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 Texas Tech RB Tahj Brooks.

#28 Tahj Brooks/RB Texas Tech – 5’10, 230 pounds (Fifth-Year Senior)

MEASUREMENTS

The Good

– Thickly built with large quads and stout frame
– Unique run style and vision, excellent patience on gap/power schemes
– Allows blocks to develop ahead of him, waits and picks the lane
– Able to press the hole with lateral cuts to move linebackers out of gaps
– North/South runner, doesn’t dance when the lane develops and he’s in open grass
– Short-area movements create additional yards, avoid tackles for losses, and can bounce to find the edge
– Runs hard with balance, chews up arm tackles and bounces off smaller defenders who don’t wrap him up
– Solid pass protector, willing and strong, able to square up while also producing violent chips on DEs
– Soft hands out of backfield, gets open and able to adjust to throws outside his frame
– Shows good overall ball security (only five fumbles from 2022-2024)
– Capable of being workhorse back handling the load
– Highly productive and successful college career, durable and available

The Bad

– Average/below-average speed and struggles to turn good runs into great runs
– Doesn’t have burst or pop to always get through the hole and won’t often run away from second and third level defenders
– Runs hard but doesn’t show overwhelming power
– Tends to run high/tall that reduces power
– Limited route tree, mostly swings and checkdowns
– Enters NFL with a ton of carries, will be questions about mileage

Bio

– Turns 23 in May
– 2 1/2 year starter for Red Raiders (six games in 2022, started all of 2023 and 2024)
– Career: 879 carries, 4,557 yards (5.