Biography
2019: Totaled 10 catches for 125 yards for the year…Played in all 11 CU games in 2019, making starts at wide receiver at North Alabama and Charleston Southern…Snagged a season-long 37 yard catch in a win over Shaw…Made two catches against Hampton, Kennesaw State and Monmouth…Totaled 26 yards receiving against Monmouth…Posted a 21 yard catch in a win at Gardner-Webb…Also made catches against Presbyterian and Charleston Southern…Named 2019 Preseason Third Team Big South All-Conference by Phil Steele as a punt returner…Played in 43 career games…Campbell’s all-time leader in punt returns (40) and punt return yards (457)…Averaged 11.43 yards per punt return, a Campbell career best…One of four Camels all-time to return a punt for a touchdown…Also cracked the Campbell top-10 with 699 career receiving yards, ninth all-time, and 63 receptions, good for 10th in the books…
2018: Collected eight catches for 95 yards…Returned 10 punts for 85 yards, adding four kick returns for 74 yards…Played in all 11 games as a redshirt junior…STATS preseason Third Team All-America as a punt returner…Honorable mention preseason All-Big South punt returner…Phil Steele preseason First Team All-Big South as a punt returner…Five of eight catches on the season went for double digit yards…Registered two catches for 28 yards, including a season-long 19-yard grab, adding two punt returns for 10 yards at Monmouth…Snagged an 18-yard catch in a win over Wagner…Also made catches against Chowan, Georgetown, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian…Made a season-long 35-yard punt return in a win at Georgetown, totaling two returns for 38 yards for the day…Returned three punts for 18 yards and one kickoff for 19 yards in a win over Shaw…Posted a 19-yard punt return in a win over North Alabama…Returned three kickoffs for 55 yards against Coastal Carolina…
2017: Named Second Team All-PFL as a punt returner by Phil Steele…Named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week, returning five Methodist punts for a Campbell record 141 yards, adding a touchdown in his 2017 debut…His first punt return of the night went for 53 yards, going to the MU 11, later taking a punt back 54 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, the second longest punt return in CU history…Played in all 11 Campbell games, making three starts…Campbell’s top pass catcher on the season with 28 grabs, totaling 305 yards receiving…Averaged 10.9 yards per catch…Also rushed once for three yards…Returned 23 punts for 289 yards and a TD…Averaged 12.6 yards per punt return…Added five kickoff returns for 111 yards…Averaged 22.2 yards per kick return…Caught five passes for 57 yards against Georgetown, adding six punt returns for 73 yards, including a long of 31…Hauled in a season-high 85 yards receiving on four grabs, including a long of 42 in a win at Dayton…Collected a season-best six catches for 60 yards at Butler…Made five catches in a win over Valparaiso for 21 yards…Snagged a 28 yard catch against Drake…Added three catches against Stetson and Jacksonville…
2016: Saw time in all 10 team games, making starts against Stetson and Drake…Caught 17 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown for the season…Returned seven punts for 83 yards, including a long of 41 yards at Morehead State…Caught a pass in nine of 10 Campbell games…Hauled in a season-best five passes for 33 yards against Stetson…Posted a season-long 40 yard reception for a touchdown in a win at Morehead State…
2015: Redshirted the 2015 season…
Prep/Personal: As a senior, posted 1,650 rushing yards and 700 passing, adding 34 tackles, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles…Totaled over 4,000 yards rushing and nearly 3,000 passing in his prep career…Helped lead the Red Raiders to four straight conference championships…A three time All-Gazette and three-time all-conference performer…Set a Gaston County record with a 98 yard touchdown run…Coached by Mickey Lineberger…Also a state qualifier in track, medaling in the 400 meters…Full name is Jaquan Caderrus Brooks…Born Sept. 21, 1996 in Gastonia, N.C. …Son of Jonathan Brooks and April Crawford…Has one sibling, Ja’Quasia Brooks…Cousin of former NFL wide receiver, first round draft pick and NC State star Koren Robinson…A social work major…
