Two seasons ago, when Brooks was a redshirt freshman and Sermon a sophomore, the dynamic combined for over 2,000 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns. The production by the pair dropped off significantly last season, largely because Sermon touched the ball over 100 fewer times than the year before and missed the final four games of the season with a knee injury.
Brooks became the lead running back early in the 2019 season and reached the 1,000-yard level rushing for a second straight season. He was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
With Sermon relegated to No. 2 status (although head coach Lincoln Riley kept insisting that Sermon and Brooks were considered equals), and the likelihood that situation would stay the same in 2020, especially with the uncertainty of how Sermon would come back from his injury, the former four-star prospect from Marietta, Georgia, has elected to take his skills elsewhere for his final season of eligibility and enter the transfer portal.