Player Dossier

2024-2025

Illinois

Angelo McCullom

DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Angelo McCullom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

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
2
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Angelo McCullom built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 44, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Angelo McCullom's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8575

Pickerington North · Lewis Center, OH

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Angelo McCullom, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Angelo McCullom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
3.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Angelo McCullom quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · DL
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Illinois
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Pickerington North · Illinois
High school pipeline
Pickerington North · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 44 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 375th (top 35%) · Big Ten 251st (top 33%) · National 2,090th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois220.50.5--023.5
2025 PostseasonIllinois11110--043.1
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois111821.522043.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Illinois to Texas A&MP4 to P482.8Jan 11, 2026

Angelo McCullom played DL for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Angelo McCullom recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Illinois paired 8.5 primary output with 14.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.9 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: Purdue

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Illinois

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

14.9

Usage

5.4

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Western Illinois: 0. Duke: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Indiana: 0. USC: 2. Purdue: 3. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0.5. Maryland: 2. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. Western Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 32.5. Purdue: 3 by 42.5. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 4 by 21.7. Maryland: 0 by 20. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Purdue

Result
Tue 12/30vs TennesseeW 30-2811100
Sun 11/30vs NorthwesternW 20-1310000
Sat 11/15vs MarylandSplash gameW 24-600002
Sat 10/25@ WashingtonL 25-42420.5000
Sat 10/11vs Ohio StateL 16-3410000
Sat 10/4@ PurdueSplash gameW 43-27311.501.500
Sat 9/27vs USCSplash gameW 34-3230000
Sat 9/20@ IndianaL 10-6311000
Sat 9/13vs Western MichiganW 38-031000
Sat 9/6@ DukeW 45-1910000
Fri 8/29vs Western IllinoisW 52-311000

Player Story

Angelo McCullom story

Angelo McCullom built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 44, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Angelo McCullom's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Angelo McCullom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois19.22.8
2025 PostseasonIllinois8.514.95.47.5
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois8.514.95.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 6 · W 43-27 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 16 USC

Week 5 · W 34-32 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 30-9

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Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 13 Washington

Week 9 · L 25-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 19 Tennessee

Week 1 · W 30-28 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

29.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Illinois

8.5 primary output · 14.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Illinois

43.1

8.5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Illinois

23.5

1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games