Chris Brooks Jr.
WR · Graduate
6'2" · 224 lbs · Offense
Also wearing #2: Javan Robinson (CB)
Background
- Hometown
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High school
- St. Louis University School
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8356 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1665
- Class
- 2022
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts at wide receiver … finished with 11 catches for 124 yards, both career highs … caught passes in 8 games … posted a pair of catches for a season-high 26 yards in the opener versus Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … made two catches for 19 yards versus Maryland (Sept. 20) … hauled in two passes for 19 yards at Indiana (Nov. 15) … hauled in an 18-yard pass against Minnesota, his longest catch of the season (Nov. 29)
2024tap to read
Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams ... caught one pass, his first collegiate catch, a 27-yarder versus Nebraska (Nov. 23) ... made a pair of tackles
2023tap to read
Missed the season due to injury
2022tap to read
Played in one game, making his debut in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Oklahoma State (12/27) High School: Father, Chris Sr., played football at Nebraska and spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports First-team all-state at wide receiver as a senior As a senior, caught 49 passes for 959 yards and 9 TDs, along with 12 rushing TDs Metro Catholic Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior First-team all-conference and first-team all-district as a junior and senior Finished career with 74 catches for 1,407 yards and 16 touchdown receptions Two-time Academic All-State selection Also competed in basketball and track
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Honors and Award
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2023: Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Season: Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts at wide receiver … finished with 11 catches for 124 yards, both career highs … caught passes in 8 games … posted a pair of catches for a season-high 26 yards in the opener versus Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … made two catches for 19 yards versus Maryland (Sept. 20) … hauled in two passes for 19 yards at Indiana (Nov. 15) … hauled in an 18-yard pass against Minnesota, his longest catch of the season (Nov. 29)
2024 Season: Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams ... caught one pass, his first collegiate catch, a 27-yarder versus Nebraska (Nov. 23) ... made a pair of tackles
2023 Season: Missed the season due to injury
2022 Season: Played in one game, making his debut in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Oklahoma State (12/27)
High School:
Father, Chris Sr., played football at Nebraska and spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts in the NFL
Three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports
First-team all-state at wide receiver as a senior
As a senior, caught 49 passes for 959 yards and 9 TDs, along with 12 rushing TDs
Metro Catholic Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior
First-team all-conference and first-team all-district as a junior and senior
Finished career with 74 catches for 1,407 yards and 16 touchdown receptions
Two-time Academic All-State selection
Also competed in basketball and track