Player Dossier

2007-2010

South Carolina

Chris Culliver

CB • 6'1" • Garner, NC, USA

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Usage / Role

0%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Chris Culliver built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a cornerback from Garner, NC wearing No. 17, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Chris Culliver's career was his return-game role:...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.981

Garner · Garner, NC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 80
NFL Team
San Francisco 49ers

Chris Culliver, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · South Carolina. Chris Culliver shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Chris Culliver quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
4-star · Garner · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Garner · 6 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 3 · Pick 16 · San Francisco 49ers
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina40-0--050
2008 PostseasonSouth Carolina30-0--060.6
2008 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina30-0--060.6
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina80-0--050
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina40-0--050

Related Context

Chris Culliver played CB for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Culliver recorded 31 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2007 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

South Carolina paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

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

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2007 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 0. Georgia: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Tennessee: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

0 vs Tennessee

Result
Sat 10/27@ TennesseeL 24-27
Sat 9/29vs Mississippi StateW 38-21
Sat 9/8@ GeorgiaW 16-12
Sat 9/1vs LouisianaW 28-14

Player Story

Chris Culliver story

Chris Culliver built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a cornerback from Garner, NC wearing No. 17, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Chris Culliver's career was his return-game role: 864 return yards across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with South Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 31 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Chris Culliver moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

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    South Carolina

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072008200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina00
2008 PostseasonSouth Carolina3203
2008 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina3200
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina00-3
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina000

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kentucky

Week 7 · W 24-17 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 1 · L 10-31 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#3

@ Tennessee

Week 9 · L 24-27 · 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 Mississippi State

Week 5 · W 38-21 · 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.

#5

@ Georgia

Week 2 · W 16-12 · 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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · South Carolina

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

60.6

#2

2008 Regular Season · South Carolina

60.6

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · South Carolina

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games