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James Brooks

Retired

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · RB

James Brooks recorded 162 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 12 rostered seasons with Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers.

▶Best highlights

49.1

rush yds/gm

22.4

rec yds/gm

9

playoff games

162

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to James Brooks's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
DEC 7, 1986

Cincinnati Bengals vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1986

163 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 6 rec

Regular Season
1986
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 19, 1986

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 19, 1986

133 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 6 rec

Regular Season
1988
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 23, 1988

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 23, 1988

102 rush yds · 3 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
1990
CINCINNATIBENGALS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
OCT 7, 1990

Cincinnati Bengals vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Oct 7, 1990

44 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 7 rec

Regular Season
1985
CINCINNATIBENGALS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
SEP 30, 1985

Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Sep 30, 1985

133 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 4 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from James Brooks's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 201 rushing yards

Regular Season
1990
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 23, 1990

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 23, 1990

201 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 3 rushing touchdowns

Regular Season
1988
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 6, 1988

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 6, 1988

42 rush yds · 3 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 109 receiving yards

Regular Season
1990
CINCINNATIBENGALS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
OCT 7, 1990

Cincinnati Bengals vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Oct 7, 1990

44 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 7 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped James Brooks's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1978–1985

01
LACBROOKS—James Brooks
LACFOUTS—Dan Fouts
LACWINSLOW80Kellen Winslow

The passing game points toward the future

Los Angeles Chargers · Air Coryell

Coryell's spacing, motion and downfield aggression led the league in passing year after year and produced the Epic in Miami, though never a Super Bowl trip.

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Franchise era

1980–1991

02
CINBROOKS—James Brooks
CINANDERSON14Ken Anderson
CINESIASON7Boomer Esiason

Anderson and Esiason lead different Super Bowl teams

Cincinnati Bengals · Two AFC championships

Forrest Gregg's 1981 team and Sam Wyche's no-huddle 1988 team each reached the Super Bowl, both falling late to San Francisco.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

03
TBBROOKS—James Brooks
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

04
CLEBROOKS—James Brooks
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 1986, 1988, 1989, 199012 NFL seasons162 career games8 career passing yards1 career passing touchdowns7,962 career rushing yards49 career rushing touchdowns383 career receptions3,621 career receiving yards30 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 09 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 7, 1981Most recent: Oct 18, 1992

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history