Player Dossier

2018-2023

BYU

Jackson Cravens

DT • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Provo, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jackson Cravens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Utah • Boise State • BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Jackson Cravens built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Provo, UT wearing No. 91, spending time with BYU, Boise State, and Utah. The clearest part of Jackson Cravens' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8735

Timpview · Provo, UT

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jackson Cravens, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU. Jackson Cravens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
91
TFL
10
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Jackson Cravens quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · DT
Career Tackles
91
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Timpview · Utah
High school pipeline
Timpview · 48 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
24 tackles · DT 68th (top 33%) · Big 12 165th (top 26%) · National 1,702nd (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUtah11-0--037.2
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State51011--016.8
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State11393.5221049.1
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State6171.51.5--037.6
2023 Regular SeasonBYU12244123054.5

Related Context

Jackson Cravens played DT for Utah, Boise State, and BYU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jackson Cravens recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

BYU paired 10 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, Boise State, BYU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

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

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2023 Regular Season · BYU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

16.7

Usage

5.5

Consistency

55.1

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 0.5. Southern Utah: 1. Arkansas: 1. Kansas: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. TCU: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Texas: 0.5. West Virginia: 0.5. Iowa State: 1. Oklahoma: 2. Oklahoma State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sam Houston: 2 by 13.3. Southern Utah: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas: 2 by 18.3. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 1 by 9.2. TCU: 0 by 10. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 2 by 13.3. West Virginia: 1 by 9.2. Iowa State: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5. Oklahoma State: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · +0.4 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

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

45 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 11/25@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameL 34-4062000
Sat 11/18vs OklahomaSplash gameL 24-3132110
Sun 11/12vs Iowa StateL 13-4531100
Sat 11/4@ West VirginiaL 7-37100.5000
Sat 10/28@ TexasL 6-35210.5000
Sat 10/21vs Texas TechW 27-1420000
Sat 10/14@ TCUL 11-4400001
Sat 9/30vs CincinnatiW 35-27100.5000
Sat 9/23@ KansasL 27-3811000
Sat 9/16@ ArkansasW 38-3120001
Sat 9/9vs Southern UtahW 41-1610001
Sun 9/3vs Sam HoustonW 14-0200.5000

Player Story

Jackson Cravens story

Jackson Cravens built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Provo, UT wearing No. 91, spending time with BYU, Boise State, and Utah. The clearest part of Jackson Cravens' career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Jackson Cravens' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Utah

    2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Boise State

    2019-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    BYU

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUtah04.20.9
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State00
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State212.33.42
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State8.522.56.66.5
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State316.88.5-5.5
2023 Regular SeasonBYU1016.75.57

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah State

Week 4 · W 27-3 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma State

Week 13 · L 34-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Oklahoma

Week 12 · L 24-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Wyoming

Week 15 · W 17-9 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Fresno State

Week 14 · L 16-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · BYU

10 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 5.5 usage

54.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Boise State

49.1

8.5 primary · 22.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Boise State

37.6

3 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games