Player Dossier

2012-2014

Texas State

Craig Mager

CB • 5'11" • Luling, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Craig Mager shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Craig Mager built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a cornerback from Luling, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Craig Mager's career was his defensive production: 7...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2015
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 19
Overall
No. 83
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Craig Mager, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Texas State. Craig Mager shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Craig Mager quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Texas State
Top game
New Mexico State
NFL Draft
2015 · Round 3 · Pick 19 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonTexas State40-0--173.3
2013 Regular SeasonTexas State20-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonTexas State100-0--030.3

Related Context

Craig Mager played CB for Texas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Craig Mager recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Texas State paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

6

Usage

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 0. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 1. Idaho: 0. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 0. New Mexico State: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. South Alabama: 0. Georgia State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 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

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Georgia State

Result
Sat 11/29@ Georgia StateW 54-311
Sun 11/16@ South AlabamaL 20-24
Sat 11/8vs Georgia SouthernL 25-28
Sat 11/1@ New Mexico StateW 37-291
Sat 10/25@ UL MonroeW 22-18
Wed 10/15vs LouisianaL 10-34
Sat 10/4vs IdahoW 35-30
Sun 9/28@ TulsaW 37-341
Sun 9/14vs NavyL 21-35
Sat 8/30vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 65-0

Player Story

Craig Mager story

Craig Mager built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a cornerback from Luling, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Craig Mager's career was his defensive production: 7 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Texas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Craig Mager's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 267 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas State.

The arc is straightforward: Craig Mager moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Texas State

    2012-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonTexas State420
2013 Regular SeasonTexas State00-4
2014 Regular SeasonTexas State363

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 14 · W 66-28 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ San José State

Week 9 · L 20-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 4 · W 41-37

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 1 · W 30-13

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia State

Week 14 · W 54-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Texas State

4 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2013 Regular Season · Texas State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Texas State

30.3

3 primary · 6 efficiency · usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games