Player Dossier

2013-2016

Illinois

Dillan Cazley

DB • 5'10" • Charleston, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dillan Cazley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Dillan Cazley built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Charleston, IL wearing No. 8, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Dillan Cazley's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8389

Charleston · Charleston, IL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Dillan Cazley, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Dillan Cazley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21

Quick Answers

Dillan Cazley quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · DB
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
3-star · Charleston · Illinois
High school pipeline
Charleston · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DB 388th (top 48%) · Big Ten 212th (top 34%) · National 1,908th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois721-0--035.8

Related Context

Dillan Cazley played DB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dillan Cazley recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Illinois paired 1 primary output with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

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

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2016 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

3

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 0. North Carolina: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan State: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Iowa: 1. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Murray State: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 3 by 22.5. Northwestern: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Iowa

Result
Sat 11/26@ NorthwesternL 21-4243000
Sat 11/19vs IowaL 0-28310010
Sat 11/12@ WisconsinL 3-4833000
Sat 11/5vs Michigan StateW 31-2750000
Sat 10/29vs MinnesotaL 17-4021000
Sat 9/10vs North CarolinaL 23-4821000
Sat 9/3vs Murray StateW 52-321000

Player Story

Dillan Cazley story

Dillan Cazley built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Charleston, IL wearing No. 8, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Dillan Cazley's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles and 1 interception across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Dillan Cazley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois113.931

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Iowa

Week 12 · L 0-28 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 13 · L 21-42 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

14.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Michigan State

Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

14.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Wisconsin

Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Murray State

Week 1 · W 52-3

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Illinois

1 primary output · 13.9 efficiency · 3 usage

35.8

#2

2013 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games