Player Dossier

2023-2025

Buffalo

Dion Crawford

LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dion Crawford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

10.3

Efficiency

44.6

Consistency

50

Season Value

36.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

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.

Dion Crawford, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Buffalo. Dion Crawford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.6 disruption score.

Dion Crawford played LB for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dion Crawford recorded 165 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Buffalo paired 29.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 44.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

44.6

Usage

10.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Kent State: 1. Troy: 5. UConn: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Akron: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Miami (OH): 1.5. Ohio: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 14 by 50. Kent State: 6 by 35. Troy: 12 by 100. UConn: 7 by 39.2. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Massachusetts: 8 by 43.3. Akron: 8 by 43.3. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 8 by 48.3. Ohio: 10 by 61.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 6 · +1.3 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

Troy

Best efficiency game

100 vs Troy

Result
Fri 11/28vs Ohio10+ tackles · Splash gameL 26-31105110
Thu 11/20vs Miami (OH)L 20-37830.5001
Sat 11/1@ Bowling GreenW 28-331000
Sat 10/25vs AkronL 16-2485100
Sat 10/18@ MassachusettsW 28-21810.500.500
Sat 10/4vs Eastern MichiganW 31-3030000
Sat 9/27vs UConnL 17-2072000
Sat 9/20vs Troy10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 17-21129220
Sat 9/13@ Kent StateW 31-2861000
Fri 8/29@ Minnesota10+ tacklesL 10-23143000

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo217.13.8
2024 PostseasonBuffalo29.539.711.127.5
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo29.539.711.10
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo12.544.610.3-17

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Troy

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#2

Eastern Michigan

7

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#3

Toledo

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#4

Kent State

4.5

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#5

Northern Illinois

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Buffalo

29.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage

50.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

50.6

29.5 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

36.8

12.5 primary · 44.6 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

9

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.85

Collins Hill · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

165

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 31 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.