Player Dossier

2018-2021

Toledo

AJ Crider

LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Clinton, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Crider shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

AJ Crider built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Clinton, PA wearing No. 35, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of AJ Crider's career was his defensive production: 33 tackles,...

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AJ Crider, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Toledo. AJ Crider shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
33
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5

Quick Answers

AJ Crider quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · LB
Career Tackles
33
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Toledo
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Latest roster
No. 35 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
17 tackles · LB 624th (top 50%) · Mid-American 206th (top 38%) · National 2,164th (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonToledo44-0--036.5
2019 Regular SeasonToledo1410--056.5
2020 Regular SeasonToledo4811--037.4
2021 Regular SeasonToledo5170.50.5--024.9

Related Context

AJ Crider played LB for Toledo. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ Crider recorded 33 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Toledo paired 1 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

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

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Toledo

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.3

Usage

3.4

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 2. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Central Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 12/12vs Central MichiganW 24-2320000
Sat 12/5@ Northern IllinoisW 41-2420000
Sat 11/28vs Ball StateL 24-2710000
Thu 11/19@ Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 45-2830110

Player Story

AJ Crider story

AJ Crider built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Clinton, PA wearing No. 35, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of AJ Crider's career was his defensive production: 33 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives AJ Crider'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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    Toledo

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonToledo04.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonToledo126.75.91
2020 Regular SeasonToledo213.33.41
2021 Regular SeasonToledo116.23.2-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 12 · W 45-28 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Murray State

Week 3 · W 45-0

1

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Akron

Week 13 · W 49-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 49-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

27.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Massachusetts

Week 5 · W 45-7

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Havoc Plays

16.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Toledo

1 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage

56.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · Toledo

37.4

2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Toledo

36.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games