Player Dossier

2006-2009

New Mexico State

Chris Buckner

DB • 6'0" • Arlington, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Buckner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Chris Buckner built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive back from Arlington, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Chris Buckner's career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.7

Mansfield Summit · Arlington, TX

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Chris Buckner, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Chris Buckner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Chris Buckner quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
2-star · Mansfield Summit · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Mansfield Summit · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State80-0--050
2007 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State80-0--050
2008 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00-0--0-
2009 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State10-0--073.3

Related Context

Chris Buckner played DB for New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Buckner recorded 359 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2007 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2006 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 0. New Mexico: 0. Texas Southern: 0. UTEP: 0. Idaho: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Fresno State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

0 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sat 12/2vs Louisiana TechW 50-23
Sat 11/11@ Fresno StateL 18-23
Sun 10/22vs Hawai'iL 30-49
Sat 10/7@ IdahoL 20-28
Sun 10/1@ UTEPL 38-44
Sun 9/17vs Texas SouthernW 48-14
Sun 9/10vs New MexicoL 28-34
Fri 9/1vs SE LouisianaW 30-15

Player Story

Chris Buckner story

Chris Buckner built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive back from Arlington, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Chris Buckner's career was his receiving role: 44 catches and 359 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Buckner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2007 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State000
2008 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2009 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1201

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 13 · L 10-13 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 14 · W 50-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#3

@ Fresno State

Week 11 · L 18-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Hawai'i

Week 8 · L 30-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

@ Idaho

Week 6 · L 20-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2006 Regular Season · New Mexico State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · New Mexico State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games