Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009New 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.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2007 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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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
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 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: San José State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
20 vs San José State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/29 | @ San José State | L 10-13 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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New Mexico State
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
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
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