Player Dossier

2013-2017

Southern Miss

Rod Crayton

DL • 6'1" • 287 lbs • Dadeville, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rod Crayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

54

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Rod Crayton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Dadeville, AL wearing No. 90, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Rod Crayton's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8511

Dadeville · Dadeville, AL

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Rod Crayton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Rod Crayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
39
TFL
7
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Rod Crayton quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · DL
Career Tackles
39
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Dadeville · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Dadeville · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 90 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
32 tackles · DL 131st (top 19%) · Conference USA 151st (top 25%) · National 1,330th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss570.50--08.8
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11326.501-055.8

Related Context

Rod Crayton played DL for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rod Crayton recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 7.5 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.9 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: Kentucky

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

18.9

Usage

5.7

Consistency

56.7

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1.5. Southern: 1. UL Monroe: 1. North Texas: 1. UTEP: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. UAB: 1. Tennessee: 0. Rice: 1.5. Charlotte: 0.5. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 5 by 35.8. Southern: 3 by 22.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. North Texas: 4 by 26.7. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Rice: 4 by 31.7. Charlotte: 2 by 13.3. Marshall: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.3 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

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

35.8 vs Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/25@ MarshallW 28-2710000
Sat 11/18vs CharlotteW 66-21200.5000
Sat 11/11@ RiceW 43-34421.5000
Sat 11/4@ TennesseeL 10-2452000
Sat 10/28vs UABL 12-3032000
Sat 10/21@ Louisiana TechW 34-2711000
Sat 10/14vs UTEPW 24-011000
Sat 9/30vs North TexasL 28-4340100
Sat 9/16@ UL MonroeW 28-1731100
Sat 9/9vs SouthernW 45-032100
Sat 9/2vs KentuckyL 17-24521.5000

Player Story

Rod Crayton story

Rod Crayton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Dadeville, AL wearing No. 90, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Rod Crayton's career was his defensive production: 39 tackles and 7 tackles for loss across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Rod Crayton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00
2016 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0.56.81.80.5
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss7.518.95.77

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kentucky

Week 1 · L 17-24

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Rice

Week 11 · W 43-34 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

64.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Southern

Week 2 · W 45-0

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Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#4

@ UL Monroe

Week 3 · W 28-17

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#5

vs North Texas

Week 5 · L 28-43 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

45.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss

7.5 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 5.7 usage

55.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss

8.8

0.5 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games