Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Illinois
Saboor Karriem
DB • 6'3" • 195 lbs • West Orange, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Saboor Karriem shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Saboor Karriem built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from West Orange, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Saboor Karriem's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Saboor Karriem, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois. Saboor Karriem shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 30
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Saboor Karriem quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 30
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · West Orange · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- West Orange · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DB 422nd (top 44%) · Big Ten 234th (top 30%) · National 1,996th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 43.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 18 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.8 |
Related Context
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Saboor Karriem played DB for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Saboor Karriem recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Illinois paired 3 primary output with 19.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Illinois
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
13.9
Usage
2.8
Consistency
4.8
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Western Michigan: 0. Indiana: 0. USC: 0. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 0. Rutgers: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. USC: 9 by 37.5. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs USC
Player Story
Saboor Karriem story
Saboor Karriem built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from West Orange, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Saboor Karriem's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Saboor Karriem's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 19.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 9.7 | 1.8 | -3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 1 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 1 · W 30-28 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 4 · W 23-17
3
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 16 USC
Week 5 · W 34-32 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
28.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Oregon
Week 9 · L 9-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
16.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 10 · W 35-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
11.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
3 primary output · 19.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
43.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
41.7
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Illinois
18.8
1 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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