Usage / Role
3%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2024Illinois
CJ Bufkin
DB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Bufkin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
CJ Bufkin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Illinois. CJ Bufkin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 11
Quick Answers
CJ Bufkin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 11
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DB 651st (top 67%) · Big Ten 419th (top 52%) · National 3,276th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
Related Context
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CJ Bufkin played DB for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, CJ Bufkin recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Illinois paired 0 primary output with 5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 0. Nebraska: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Northwestern
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2023-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · L 43-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Michigan State
Week 12 · W 38-16 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas
Week 2 · L 23-34
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 4 · W 31-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
0 primary output · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
37.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
36.6
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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