Player Dossier

2018-2021

Marshall

Rodney Croom

DL • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rodney Croom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Rodney Croom built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Rodney Croom's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7726

Winton Woods · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Rodney Croom, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Marshall. Rodney Croom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
2.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
8

Quick Answers

Rodney Croom quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DL
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Marshall
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
2-star · Winton Woods · Marshall
High school pipeline
Winton Woods · 31 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 92 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DL 428th (top 46%) · Conference USA 277th (top 42%) · National 2,351st (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall11-01-038.1
2019 PostseasonMarshall113-0--041.2
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall11320.505-041.2
2020 PostseasonMarshall93-0--031.7
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall9231.51.51-031.7
2021 PostseasonMarshall81-0--016.5
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall8140.50.51-016.5

Related Context

Rodney Croom played DL for Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rodney Croom recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Marshall paired 5.5 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Marshall

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.3

Usage

1.8

Consistency

4.2

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 0. Navy: 0. Old Dominion: 0. North Texas: 0. Florida International: 0. Florida Atlantic: 2. Charlotte: 0. Western Kentucky: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 32.5. Charlotte: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 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

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sun 12/19vs LouisianaL 21-3611000
Sat 11/27vs Western KentuckyL 21-5330000
Sat 11/20@ CharlotteW 49-2821000
Sat 11/6@ Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 28-13300.500.500
Sat 10/30vs Florida InternationalW 38-011000
Fri 10/15@ North TexasW 49-2110000
Sat 10/9vs Old DominionW 20-1330000
Sat 9/4@ NavyW 49-710000

Player Story

Rodney Croom story

Rodney Croom built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Rodney Croom's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Rodney Croom'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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    Marshall

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall114.22.4
2019 PostseasonMarshall5.518.33.74.5
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall5.518.33.70
2020 PostseasonMarshall416.53.2-1.5
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall416.53.20
2021 PostseasonMarshall210.31.8-2
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall210.31.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 10 · W 28-13 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 8 · W 20-9 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

59.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Western Kentucky

Week 9 · W 26-23 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 14 · W 30-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Cincinnati

Week 5 · L 14-52

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Marshall

5.5 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 3.7 usage

41.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Marshall

41.2

5.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Marshall

38.1

1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games