Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Marshall
Kylen McCracken
DL • 6'3" • 306 lbs • Cleveland Heights, OH, USA
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Kylen McCracken shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
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: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ohio • Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Kylen McCracken built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Cleveland Heights, OH wearing No. 54, spending time with Marshall and Ohio. The clearest part of Kylen McCracken's career...
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- Committed To
- Ohio
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Kylen McCracken, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio. Kylen McCracken shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 43
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Kylen McCracken quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · DL
- Career Tackles
- 43
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Ohio
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Cleveland Heights · Ohio
- High school pipeline
- Cleveland Heights · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 54 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · DL 593rd (top 60%) · Sun Belt 321st (top 49%) · National 2,826th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Ohio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio | 6 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 9 | 9 | - | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 26.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18.2 | Jan 12, 2023 |
Kylen McCracken played DL for Ohio and Marshall. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kylen McCracken recorded 43 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Ohio.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Ohio paired 4 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio, Marshall.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Marshall
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8
Usage
1.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. UAlbany: 1. East Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Old Dominion: 0. NC State: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. South Alabama: 0. Arkansas State: 1
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. UAlbany: 0 by 10. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 14.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/20 | vs UTSA | L 17-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Arkansas State | W 35-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ South Alabama | L 0-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs Georgia Southern | W 38-33 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ NC State | L 41-48 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Old Dominion | W 41-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Virginia Tech | W 24-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ East Carolina | W 31-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs UAlbany | W 21-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kylen McCracken story
Kylen McCracken built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Cleveland Heights, OH wearing No. 54, spending time with Marshall and Ohio. The clearest part of Kylen McCracken's career was his defensive production: 43 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Kylen McCracken'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.
- 1
Ohio
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Marshall
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Ohio | 2 | 12.2 | 5.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio | 2 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio | 4 | 21.7 | 9.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio | 0.5 | 11.3 | 2.1 | -3.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio | 2 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 3 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 3 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 11 · W 24-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 1 · W 30-21 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Akron
Week 6 · W 55-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · W 52-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas State
Week 13 · W 35-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Ohio
4 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 9.4 usage
64.5
#2
2019 Postseason · Ohio
28.9
2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Ohio
28.9
2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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