Ja'Corey Brooks

Height:
6-3
Weight:
195
Position:
WR
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bradenton, Fla.
High School:
IMG
Prev School:
Alabama

2024: Named first team All-ACC ... totaled five 100-yard receiving games ... became the first wide receiver since 2022 to record 1,000-yards receiving ... finished the year with 61 catches for 1,013 yards and nine touchdowns ... Made his Louisville debut against Austin Peay, catching seven passes for 83 yards and a touchdown ... scored Louisville's first touchdown of the 2024 season on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Shough ... finished the season playing in a total of 12 games receiving for 1013 yards scoring 9 touchdowns... finished 27th nationally in yards and 20th in touchdowns ... closed the year second in the ACC in yards and third in touchdowns ... caught a career-high nine receptions for 104 yards in a loss to Stanford ... grabbed eight receptions for 120 yards against Boston College ... recorded six receptions for 107 yards and two scores in a loss to nationally ranked Miami ... totaled three receptions for 121 yards and a pair of scores against SMU ...became the first Louisville player with multiple TD receptions in back-to-back games since Josh Bellamy accomplished it vs. Arkansas State and Memphis in 2010 ... scored his sixth TD of the season on an 86-yard pass from Shough, tied for the seventh longest pass reception in program history ... is the second receiver in Louisville history to average over 40 yards per catch with at least 3 receptions in a game. The other is Tutu Atwell, who caught 3 passes for 129 yards vs. Florida State in 2020 ... opened ACC play with a four receptions 125-yard performance against Georgia Tech.

Before Louisville: Played three seasons at Alabama, catching 57 passes for 896 yards and 10 touchdowns …. appeared in 36 career games … veteran wideout who suffered an upper body injury in the LSU matchup that has limited his playing time in 2023... caught three passes for 30 yards ... contributed one kickoff return for 19 yards ... also added a blocked punt and one tackle on special teams ... selected as a special teams player of the week by the Alabama coaching staff for his play against Ole Miss … added one reception for a two-yard gain from his wide receiver post against Ole Miss … caught one pass for three yards against Mississippi State ... hauled in one pass for a 25-yard gain and a Tide first down versus Arkansas … led Alabama and tied for third in the SEC with eight receiving touchdowns during the 2022 season ... averaged a team-high 17.3 yards per catch to rank sixth in the conference ... caught 39 passes for 674 yards to go with the eight scores ... added seven kickoff returns for 106 yards to go with a blocked punt on special teams ... selected by the Crimson Tide coaches as a special teams player of the week for his output against ULM and Auburn ... named an offensive player of the week by the Alabama coaching staff for his play against Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Mississippi State and LSU .. caught three passes for 33 yards with a long of 16 against Texas ... converted two first downs and added a three-yard reception to move the Tide into position for the game-winning field goal … blocked a punt by the Warhawks that resulted in a Tide scoop and score for six against Louisiana-Monroe ... added one reception for 29 yards from his receiver post …led all receivers with six catches for 117 yards and two scores - all of which came in the first half against Vanderbilt ... found the end zone from 21 and 34 yards away … recorded six catches for 89 yards and a touchdown against Tennessee ... converted three first downs to go with his score from seven yards out ... also caught a two-point conversion… led all pass-catchers with 74 yards on the night versus Mississippi State... helped the Tide convert a first down on each of his three receptions with a long catch of 40 yards. targeted a game-high and season-high 17 times against LSU ... paced UA with 97 yards and a touchdown across his seven catches ... found the end zone from 41 yards away for the score … accumulated 133 all-purpose yards by day's end against Auburn ... returned three kickoffs for 57 combined yards with a long of 24 ... added a team-high tying four receptions for 76 yards and a touchdown from his wide receiver post … recorded his team-leading eighth touchdown of the year as part of his two catches for 51 yards versus Kansas State … worked in all 15 games in 2021, recording 15 catches for 192 yards and two touchdowns ... all his receptions and yards came across the final six games of his rookie campaign ... also added a blocked punt by season's end ... named one of the special teams players of the week by the UA coaches for his play at Texas A&M and Mississippi State … blocked an Aggie punt early in the third quarter that was returned for an Alabama touchdown ... the score pulled the Tide to within seven coming out of the halftime break … recorded his first career catch for a gain of nine yards against New Mexico State … totaled 49 yards and a score on his two receptions against Auburn ... caught the game-tying touchdown with just seconds remaining to send the game to overtime … led all wideouts with 66 yards on his four catches against Cincinnati ... found the end zone for a 44-yard score while also converting a pair of first downs … targeted a team-high tying nine times versus Georgia, finishing with six catches for 47 yards on the night.

High School: Five-star receiver according to the 247Composite and PrepStar ... PrepStar's No. 20 player on the Top 150 Dream Team and the second-rated wideout in the country according to the magazine ... rated as the Composite's No. 34 prospect nationally, the No. 2 wide receiver and the ninth-rated player from Florida ... the No. 34 player on the Rivals250 as a four-star recruit and the No. 4 wideout nationally by the site ... a four-star pass-catcher according to 247Sports who is listed as the No. 50 player on the Top247 list ... 247Sports lists him as the No. 4 wide receiver recruit in the country and the 10th-rated player from Florida ... the No. 50 player on the ESPN300 and No. 5 overall wide receiver nationally by ESPN.com ... selected to the All-American Bowl roster ... put together a huge 2019 season that saw him catch 99 passes for 1,281 yards and 18 touchdowns as he led Booker T. Washington to a state title ... began his high school career being coached by Gerald Cox at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami ... attended IMG Academy for his final prep season where he was coached by Bobby Acosta ... signed with Alabama over Miami and Florida along with Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee among others.