Touchdown Wire editor Doug Farrar recently named the very best offensive scheme fits between this year’s prospects and their new NFL teams. Included in the bunch is Brooks, whose versatility will likely show up more in pros under head coach Dave Canales.

Brooks is coming off a knee injury, but he could still be an explosive back on NFL Sundays. Here's what to know about the player.

The Carolina Panthers, after shifting around a bit on Friday night, landed at the 46th overall pick and used it to take explosive running back Jonathon Brooks. The University of Texas star was the first running back to be taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, and the 20-year-old now joins Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders in the Panthers’ RB room.

There are at least two stages of evaluation when dealing with draft prospects. There's the work you do watching tape of a player in a vacuum pre-draft, when you're looking at a player's attributes and liabilities overall.

The Los Angeles Rams had one of the best rushing attacks in the NFL last season thanks to the sudden emergence of Kyren Williams. After a quiet rookie year in 2022, Williams broke out as one of the top running backs in football,