Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2024James Madison
Chris Fitzgerald
DL • 5'11" • 304 lbs • Youngstown, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chris Fitzgerald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- James Madison
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Player Story
Chris Fitzgerald built his college career in 2024 as a defensive lineman from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Chris Fitzgerald's career was his defensive...
Read the storyChris Fitzgerald, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · James Madison. Chris Fitzgerald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Chris Fitzgerald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- James Madison · DL
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · James Madison
- Top game
- Gardner-Webb
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DL 150th (top 15%) · Sun Belt 142nd (top 23%) · National 1,344th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 10 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 60.7 |
Related Context
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Chris Fitzgerald played DL for James Madison. Across 1 tracked season, Chris Fitzgerald recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
James Madison paired 16 primary output with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · James Madison
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
28.9
Usage
8.3
Consistency
44.5
Best Game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Charlotte: 2. Gardner-Webb: 5. Ball State: 3. UL Monroe: 2.5. Coastal Carolina: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia State: 1.5. Old Dominion: 1. App State: 0. Marshall: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Charlotte: 1 by 24.2. Gardner-Webb: 5 by 70.8. Ball State: 5 by 50.8. UL Monroe: 4 by 41.7. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 4 by 31.7. Old Dominion: 3 by 22.5. App State: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2.3 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Gardner-Webb
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | vs Marshall | L 33-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ App State | L 20-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Old Dominion | W 35-32 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Georgia State | W 38-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia Southern | L 14-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 39-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ UL MonroeSplash game | L 19-21 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 63-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Gardner-WebbSplash game | W 13-6 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | @ CharlotteSplash game | W 30-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Chris Fitzgerald story
Chris Fitzgerald built his college career in 2024 as a defensive lineman from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Chris Fitzgerald's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Fitzgerald's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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James Madison
2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 16 | 28.9 | 8.3 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 2 · W 13-6
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 2
2
Havoc Plays
66.3 takeover
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Ball State
Week 5 · W 63-7
3
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
@ UL Monroe
Week 6 · L 19-21 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia State
Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
38.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · James Madison
16 primary output · 28.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage
60.7
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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