Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Illinois
James Crawford
DL • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Deerfield, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Crawford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
James Crawford built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Deerfield, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of James Crawford's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
James Crawford, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. James Crawford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 44
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
James Crawford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 44
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DL 191st (top 27%) · Big Ten 166th (top 27%) · National 1,617th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 26 | 5.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 72.7 |
Related Context
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James Crawford played DL for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Crawford recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Illinois paired 17.5 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
31.5
Usage
13.8
Consistency
59.5
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 4. Iowa: 2. Rutgers: 4. Minnesota: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Purdue: 2. Indiana: 3.5. Ohio State: 1. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 5 by 60.8. Iowa: 0 by 20. Rutgers: 4 by 56.7. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 14.2. Purdue: 3 by 32.5. Indiana: 6 by 60. Ohio State: 2 by 18.3. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half2.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half1.6 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 7-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Ohio State | L 14-52 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 14-24 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ PurdueSplash game | L 10-29 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Wisconsin | L 10-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Minnesota | L 17-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs RutgersSplash game | L 24-35 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ IowaSplash game | L 16-45 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs NebraskaSplash game | L 6-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
James Crawford story
James Crawford built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Deerfield, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of James Crawford's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives James Crawford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 14.2 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 17.5 | 31.5 | 13.8 | 16.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 5 · L 6-28 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Rutgers
Week 7 · L 24-35 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 11 · L 14-24 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 10 · L 10-29 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 6 · L 16-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
17.5 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 13.8 usage
72.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
13.4
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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