Player Dossier

2019-2023

Western Kentucky

Clayton Bush

DB • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Bowling Green, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Clayton Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.9

Efficiency

23.3

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

11.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky

191923

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Western Kentucky • Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Clayton Bush, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Clayton Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 2.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2023 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

23.3

Usage

4.9

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Kansas: 0. Penn State: 1. Purdue: 0. Maryland: 0. Minnesota: 1. Indiana: 1.5. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 9 by 47.5. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 26.7. Indiana: 11 by 60.8. Iowa: 8 by 33.3. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.6 · n=4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=5 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · n=4 · +0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 11/25vs NorthwesternL 43-4520000
Sat 11/18@ IowaL 13-1585000
Sat 11/11vs Indiana10+ tacklesW 48-451131.5000
Sat 11/4@ MinnesotaW 27-2642100
Sat 10/14@ MarylandW 27-2410000
Sat 9/30@ PurdueL 19-4411000
Sat 9/16vs Penn StateL 13-3094001
Fri 9/8@ KansasL 23-3433000
Sat 9/2vs ToledoW 30-2831000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Illinois

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

201920192023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonWestern Kentucky02.40.4
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky02.40.40
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois3.523.34.93.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Kansas State

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#2

Indiana

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

Northwestern

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.

#4

Penn State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#5

Minnesota

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky

0 primary output · 2.4 efficiency · 0.4 usage

34.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

34.3

0 primary · 2.4 efficiency · 0.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Illinois

11.9

3.5 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8572

St. John's College · Washington, DC

Committed To
Akron
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

46

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 18 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Clayton Bush quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
46