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Natrone Brooks Minnesota Vikings · #35

Cornerback · 5' 11", 175 lbs · Starkville, MS · Age 27

Natrone Brooks is a Cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 10 tackles.

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Natrone Brooks
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Minnesota Vikings · #35 · Cornerback
Natrone Brooks
Season avg10 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg15 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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0sacks
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Scouting report

Natrone Brooks — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Natrone Brooks is a Cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 10 tackles.
C+
Coverage
C
Ball skills
C-
Run support
C+
Coverage
Solid · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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F
Tackling
Average · defense
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C
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Natrone Brooks stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1175 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
12Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Natrone Brooks — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Tackling
10 TKL
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C+
Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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A+
Coverage
2 PD
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C
Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Natrone Brooks

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
2
pd
1–2
0
int
0–0
8
tackles
6–10
0
ff
0–0
14
games
11–18
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 2 → projected 2 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season-0.3 pd
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 9 / 17
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Natrone Brooks career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
2024951000
202517102000
Career26153000.0
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Context

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

11–6proj record
90off index
76def index
+32net
80%playoff odds
63roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A (90), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 84, pass rush 53, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 11–6 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Natrone Brooks

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-12-17

The beginning

Natrone Brooks is a Cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings, in his 3rd NFL season.

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Natrone Brooks is a Minnesota Vikings cornerback, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has recorded 15 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 10 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Brooks goes from here.

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Brooks's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
5' 11"
Weight
175 lbs
Born
Starkville, MS
Age
27
Jersey
#35
Background

Natrone Brooks is from Starkville, MS and is 27 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays cornerback at 5' 11", 175 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has recorded 15 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Brooks is currently on the Minnesota Vikings roster.

The person

Natrone Brooks is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 15 tackles with 0 interceptions and 3 passes defensed across 2 seasons (2024–2025).

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 3 passes defensed.
Tackling15 career tackles from the secondary.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
Verified profiles & sources
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FAQ

Natrone Brooks — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Natrone Brooks, answered.

What position does Natrone Brooks play?
Natrone Brooks is a Cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings.
When was Natrone Brooks drafted?
Natrone Brooks entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Natrone Brooks played?
2 (2024–2025).
What are Natrone Brooks's career stats?
He has recorded 15 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Natrone Brooks career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
2
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
0
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk9 · Shoulder2025 Wk6 · Concussion (Questionable)

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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