#42

Chris Crumb

Senior defensive tackle for Ball State. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

DT · Ball State · Sr. · #42

6′0″ · 272 lb · Lewis Center, OH

Ball State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1928 nationally · Signed with Ball State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Ball State. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ball State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ball State, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20164 games

Signed with Ball State3-star out of Olentangy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1928 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Neu — 15-33 over that span.

2016Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#415 / 2688 · 84th pct

6.5

Tackles#792 / 2688 · 70th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Solo tackles#1173 / 2688 · 55th pct

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.7	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Ball State	45	20	6.5	0.5	--	--	--
2018	Ball State	31	11	5.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Ball State	18	13	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Ball State	8	3	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		102	47	15.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 57–29

vs Fordham

6 TOT · 1 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against Fordham.

With D. Plitt — 439 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.5 · 14 rush yds (3 car) · J. Hall — 12 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week