Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Illinois
Calvin Avery
DL • 6'2" • 325 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Calvin Avery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Calvin Avery built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Dallas, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Calvin Avery's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Calvin Avery, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Calvin Avery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 74
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Calvin Avery quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 74
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Bishop Dunne · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Dunne · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DL 260th (top 27%) · Big Ten 170th (top 28%) · National 1,683rd (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 24.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 23.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 21.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Calvin Avery played DL for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Calvin Avery recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 4 primary output with 12.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
9.4
Usage
2
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 0. Virginia: 0. Purdue: 0. Rutgers: 0. Minnesota: 1. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Calvin Avery story
Calvin Avery built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Dallas, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Calvin Avery's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Calvin Avery's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 1.5 | 11.3 | 2.6 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 13.3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 13.1 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 12.4 | 3.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 16 · L 21-56 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Rutgers
Week 10 · W 38-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 7 · L 7-46 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Northwestern
Week 13 · W 41-3 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · W 47-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
4 primary output · 12.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage
37.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Illinois
24.2
2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
23.6
2 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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