Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Illinois
James Kreutz
LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Bannockburn, IL, USA
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James Kreutz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
James Kreutz built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bannockburn, IL wearing No. 41, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of James Kreutz's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
James Kreutz, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. James Kreutz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 103
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Loyola Academy · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Loyola Academy · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 479th (top 38%) · Big Ten 165th (top 22%) · National 1,390th (top 23%)
James Kreutz played LB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Kreutz recorded 103 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Illinois.
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