Player Dossier

2015-2017

Arizona

Dane Cruikshank

CB • 6'1" • 206 lbs • Chino Hills, CA, USA

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Dane Cruikshank shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32 disruption score.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Dane Cruikshank built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a cornerback from Chino Hills, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Dane Cruikshank's career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 15
Overall
No. 152
NFL Team
Tennessee Titans

Dane Cruikshank, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arizona. Dane Cruikshank shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
124
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Dane Cruikshank quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · CB
Career Tackles
124
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
Purdue
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 5 · Pick 15 · Tennessee Titans
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
64 tackles · CB 5th (top 2%) · Pac-12 34th (top 7%) · National 396th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonArizona00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonArizona12601.50-7052.3
2017 PostseasonArizona13811-3063.8
2017 Regular SeasonArizona135640-2063.8

Related Context

Dane Cruikshank played CB for Arizona. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dane Cruikshank recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Arizona paired 14 primary output with 32 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

29.6

Usage

5.2

Consistency

61.8

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Grambling: 1. Hawai'i: 1. Washington: 1.5. UCLA: 2. Utah: 1. USC: 1. Stanford: 2. Washington State: 0. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. Arizona State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 8 by 33.3. Grambling: 3 by 22.5. Hawai'i: 0 by 10. Washington: 4 by 31.7. UCLA: 1 by 24.2. Utah: 6 by 35. USC: 8 by 43.3. Stanford: 8 by 53.3. Washington State: 10 by 41.7. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 9 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Stanford

Result
Sat 11/26vs Arizona StateW 56-3533100
Sun 11/20@ Oregon StateL 17-4264000
Sun 11/13vs ColoradoL 24-4933000
Sat 11/5@ Washington State10+ tacklesL 7-69107000
Sun 10/30vs StanfordSplash gameL 10-34870011
Sat 10/15vs USCL 14-4888001
Sun 10/9@ UtahL 23-3666001
Sun 10/2@ UCLASplash gameL 24-4511002
Sun 9/25vs WashingtonL 28-35430.50010
Sun 9/18vs Hawai'iW 47-2800001
Sun 9/11vs GramblingW 31-2133001
Sun 9/4vs BYUL 16-1888000

Player Story

Dane Cruikshank story

Dane Cruikshank built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a cornerback from Chino Hills, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Dane Cruikshank's career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Arizona. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Dane Cruikshank's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

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

Career Arc

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    Arizona

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonArizona0
2016 Regular SeasonArizona10.529.65.210.5
2017 PostseasonArizona14328.93.5
2017 Regular SeasonArizona14328.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 9 · L 10-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington

Week 4 · L 28-35 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

vs UCLA

Week 7 · W 47-30 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Oregon

Week 12 · L 28-48 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Arizona

14 primary output · 32 efficiency · 8.9 usage

63.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Arizona

63.8

14 primary · 32 efficiency · 8.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Arizona

52.3

10.5 primary · 29.6 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games