Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
191923
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Clayton Bush built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 21, spending time with Illinois and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Clayton Bush's career was...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Clayton Bush, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois. Clayton Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 46
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Clayton Bush quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 46
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. John's College · Akron
- High school pipeline
- St. John's College · 53 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DB 180th (top 19%) · Big Ten 86th (top 15%) · National 808th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 7 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 42 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 43.3 |
Related Context
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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: 2023 Regular Season
Illinois paired 3.5 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 2.4 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Arkansas
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
2.4
Usage
0.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Central Arkansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Central Arkansas: 0. Florida International: 0. UAB: 0. Army: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Middle Tennessee: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Central Arkansas
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Central Arkansas
Player Story
Clayton Bush story
Clayton Bush built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 21, spending time with Illinois and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Clayton Bush's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Clayton Bush's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Western Kentucky
2019
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2023
Final stop
Season Value 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 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 11 · W 48-45 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Kansas State
Week 2
1
Havoc Plays
63.4 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 3
1
Havoc Plays
57.1 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 10 · W 27-26 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 3 · L 13-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
3.5 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
43.3
#2
2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky
35.4
0 primary · 2.4 efficiency · 0.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
35.4
0 primary · 2.4 efficiency · 0.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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