Deontae Craig: DL · Iowa · #45.
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Deontae Craig
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Iowa. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Nebraska, Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-0vs Illinois State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20vs Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-21vs Troy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-14@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-35@ No. 3 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-16vs Washington | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 20-32@ Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-14vs Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-10vs Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 29-13@ Maryland | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 13-10vs Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 23 Missouri | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 20 | 6.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%6 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksHurry rate
14%6 hurries43 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 36-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
34.4%
260 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
58.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
43 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #238 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa, 15 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
