Player Dossier

2019-2022

Rutgers

Christian Izien

DB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Far Rockaway, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Izien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

75%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

89

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

68

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Christian Izien built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive back from Far Rockaway, NY, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Christian Izien's career was his defensive production: 296...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8307

Erasmus Hall · Brooklyn, NY

Committed To
Rutgers
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Christian Izien, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Rutgers. Christian Izien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
296
TFL
14.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
16

Quick Answers

Christian Izien quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · DB
Career Tackles
296
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 46 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Rutgers
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
3-star · Erasmus Hall · Rutgers
High school pipeline
Erasmus Hall · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
Senior
2022 Tackles rank
86 tackles · DB 10th (top 2%) · Big Ten 9th (top 2%) · National 110th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonRutgers127610-3025.8
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers9650.5014054
2021 PostseasonRutgers134-0--067.8
2021 Regular SeasonRutgers13658024067.8
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers128651.515061.9

Related Context

Christian Izien played DB for Rutgers. Across 4 tracked seasons, Christian Izien recorded 296 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Rutgers paired 14 primary output with 32.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 38.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

38.9

Usage

8.2

Consistency

51.4

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 3. Wagner: 0. Temple: 1. Iowa: 3. Ohio State: 2.5. Nebraska: 1. Indiana: 1. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 1. Michigan State: 0. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boston College: 10 by 71.7. Wagner: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 7 by 39.2. Iowa: 16 by 80. Ohio State: 4 by 41.7. Nebraska: 6 by 35. Indiana: 9 by 47.5. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 9 by 47.5. Michigan State: 7 by 29.2. Penn State: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · -0.3 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

Iowa

Best efficiency game

80 vs Iowa

Result
Sat 11/26@ MarylandL 0-3787000
Sat 11/19vs Penn StateL 10-5555000
Sat 11/12@ Michigan StateL 21-2773000
Sat 11/5vs MichiganL 17-5293001
Sat 10/29@ MinnesotaL 0-3143000
Sat 10/22vs IndianaW 24-1799100
Fri 10/7vs NebraskaL 13-1464100
Sat 10/1@ Ohio StateSplash gameL 10-49410.5002
Sat 9/24vs Iowa10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-27168111
Sat 9/17@ TempleW 16-1473001
Sat 9/10vs WagnerW 66-710000
Sat 9/3@ Boston College10+ tackles · Splash gameW 22-211081.500.500

Player Story

Christian Izien story

Christian Izien built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive back from Far Rockaway, NY, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Christian Izien's career was his defensive production: 296 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Rutgers. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Christian Izien's production has multiple signals. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rutgers.

The arc is straightforward: Christian Izien moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Rutgers

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonRutgers429.74.7
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers9.540.66.95.5
2021 PostseasonRutgers1432.910.14.5
2021 Regular SeasonRutgers1432.910.10
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers12.538.98.2-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Iowa

Week 4 · L 10-27 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Penn State

Week 14 · L 7-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Boston College

Week 1 · W 22-21

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Havoc Plays

90.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 6 · L 13-31 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Rutgers

14 primary output · 32.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

67.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Rutgers

67.8

14 primary · 32.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

61.9

12.5 primary · 38.9 efficiency · 8.2 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

12

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games