Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Illinois
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.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
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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- 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
| 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 | 7 | 21 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.8 |
Related Context
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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
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
| 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 | 13.9 | 3 | 1 |
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
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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