Usage / Role
74%
Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Illinois
Owen Carney Jr.
LB • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Owen Carney Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Owen Carney Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Owen Carney Jr.'s career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyOwen Carney Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Owen Carney Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 19
- Sacks
- 14.5
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Owen Carney Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Purdue
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · LB 349th (top 28%) · Big Ten 86th (top 14%) · National 804th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 20 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 59.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 44 | 7.5 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 66.6 |
Related Context
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Owen Carney Jr. played LB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Owen Carney Jr. recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Illinois paired 17.5 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
32.5
Usage
11.8
Consistency
32.2
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 6.5. Minnesota: 2.5. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 3. Iowa: 1. Northwestern: 0. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 6 by 75. Minnesota: 5 by 45.8. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 3 by 42.5. Iowa: 7 by 39.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
75 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | @ Penn State | L 21-56 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ Northwestern | L 10-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Iowa | L 21-35 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ NebraskaSplash game | W 41-23 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Rutgers | W 23-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | L 14-41 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Purdue2+ sacks · Splash game | L 24-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 3.50 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Owen Carney Jr. story
Owen Carney Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Owen Carney Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Owen Carney Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 6.3 | 0.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 18.5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 17.8 | 4.8 | -4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 32.5 | 11.8 | 5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 17.5 | 29.9 | 10.1 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 9 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
6.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Charlotte
Week 5 · W 24-14
4.5
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 6 · W 38-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 9 · W 24-6 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 10 · W 14-6 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
17.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage
66.6
#2
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
59.4
13 primary · 32.5 efficiency · 11.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
51.5
12 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
14
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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