Usage Score
4.9
Player Dossier
2019-2023Illinois
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.
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.
Clayton Bush played DB for Western Kentucky and Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Clayton Bush recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
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
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Season Explorer
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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
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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
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. 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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 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 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 43-45 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Iowa | L 13-15 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Indiana10+ tackles | W 48-45 | 11 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Minnesota | W 27-26 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Maryland | W 27-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Purdue | L 19-44 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Penn State | L 13-30 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/8 | @ Kansas | L 23-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Toledo | W 30-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Western Kentucky
2019
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2023
Final stop
Season Progression
201920192023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 3.5 | 23.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
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.