Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Florida State
Justin Cryer
LB • 6'1" • 237 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin Cryer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Justin Cryer built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Justin Cryer's career was his defensive production: 81...
Read the storyJustin Cryer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State. Justin Cryer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 81
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Justin Cryer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 81
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Florida State
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Royal · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 43 tackles · LB 347th (top 28%) · ACC 102nd (top 13%) · National 819th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Florida State | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 12 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 47.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida State to Texas | P4 to P4 | 80.5 | Jan 9, 2026 |
Justin Cryer played LB for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Justin Cryer recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Florida State paired 9 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.4
Usage
5.3
Consistency
22.2
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. East Texas A&M: 1. Kent State: 1. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 5. Stanford: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Clemson: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 0. NC State: 0. Florida: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 7 by 29.2. East Texas A&M: 3 by 22.5. Kent State: 2 by 18.3. Virginia: 6 by 25. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Pittsburgh: 4 by 66.7. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Clemson: 5 by 25.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Florida: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida | L 21-40 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ NC State | L 11-21 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Wake Forest | W 42-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Stanford | L 13-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs PittsburghSplash game | L 31-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Miami | L 22-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/26 | @ Virginia | L 38-46 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Kent State | W 66-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs East Texas A&M | W 77-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Alabama | W 31-17 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Justin Cryer story
Justin Cryer built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Justin Cryer's career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Justin Cryer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Florida State | 0 | 10.4 | 1.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 18.4 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 9 | 22.4 | 5.3 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 7 · L 31-34 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Duke
Week 8 · L 16-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Memphis
Week 3 · L 12-20
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Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 130 Kent State
Week 4 · W 66-10
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Havoc Plays
33.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.3 takeover score.
#5
vs East Texas A&M
Week 2 · W 77-3
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Havoc Plays
33.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Florida State
9 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 5.3 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Florida State
42
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Florida State
42
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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