Dustin Crum: QB · Kent State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dustin Crum
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Kent State. MAC Vern Smith Leadership Award in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 407 passing yards and 72 rushing yards against Buffalo — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
43.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 14.6% conversion-per-dropback — 56.2% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (15.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kent State | 245 | 382 | 64.1% | 3,238 | 8.5 | 20 | 6 | 149.5 | 59 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 83 | 113 | 73.5% | 1,181 | 10.5 | 12 | 2 | 192.7 | 77 |
| 2019 | Kent State | 216 | 312 | 69.2% | 2,622 | 8.4 | 20 | 2 | 159.7 | 57 |
| 2018 | Kent State | 16 | 27 | 59.3% | 176 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 138.5 | -- |
| 2017 | Kent State | 16 | 30 | 53.3% | 232 | 7.7 | 1 | 2 | 116.0 | -- |
| Career | 576 | 864 | 66.7% | 7,449 | 8.6 | 55 | 12 | 157.3 | 61 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kent State | 161 | 703 | 4.4 | 12 | 62 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 44 | 240 | 5.5 | 4 | 38 |
| 2019 | Kent State | 168 | 707 | 4.2 | 6 | 42 |
| 2018 | Kent State | 19 | 111 | 5.8 | 1 | 19 |
| 2017 | Kent State | 85 | 310 | 3.6 | 1 | 58 |
| Career | 477 | 2,071 | 4.3 | 24 | 62 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-41@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 12/26 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 3.4 | 37.1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 60-10vs VMI | 12/17 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 10.6 | 92.2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-30@ No. 5 Iowa | 16/23 | 185 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 65.8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-37@ Maryland | 19/33 | 308 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | 43.9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Bowling Green | 15/28 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 66.9 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-38vs Buffalo | 22/36 | 407 | 3 | 0 | 11.3 | 86.5 | Season-high 407 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 31-64@ Western Michigan | 15/26 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 58.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Ohio | 26/31 | 257 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 72.7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-47vs Northern Illinois | 20/30 | 322 | 2 | 0 | 10.7 | 90.3 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 11 | L 30-54@ Central Michigan | 28/38 | 322 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 | 84.2 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0@ Akron | 8/13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 98.9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-47vs Miami (OH) | 24/33 | 325 | 2 | 2 | 9.8 | 79.9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-41vs Northern Illinois | 11/21 | 128 | 1 | 2 | 6.1 | 17.2 | |
| Total | 228/355 | 2922 | 16 | 6 | 8.2 | — |
Week 6 · 2021
W 48-38
vs Buffalo
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 371 passing plays (239 completions) against the box score's 382 attempts (245 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.6754 of 204 QBsSack rate
8.6%174 of 204 QBsSacked on 8.6% of dropbacks (174 of 204) — and still 54 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 64.1% completion on 382 attempts · 44 deep completions averaging 36.8 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 274 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 204 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 216 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 235 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
39.1%
405 pass / 632 run
Plays / game
79.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #32 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kent State, 7,449 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
4 weekly honors (2021)
5 career weekly honors across 2 seasons — a 4+ season has tracked to All-Conference ~83% of the time
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
