Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-45vs UCLA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 21-18@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
Isaiah Crosby
Redshirt junior defensive back on California's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Manor, TX · Manor HS
Returning to California for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 69 nationally · Joined California
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on California's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to California in 2024.
Isaiah Crosby
Erases the deep middle of the field. Isaiah Crosby has played for two head coaches in three seasons at California. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UCLA — Week 1, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with California3-star out of Trinity Valley C.C.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
California
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024–2025
California
2026era →
Tosh Lupoi
California
Coaching transition mid-career: Justin Wilcox → Tosh Lupoi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning
2026California1-1HC: Tosh Lupoi · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | California | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | California | 24 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | California | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 32 | 23 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 21–18
at Syracuse
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With A. Davies — 34 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Sagapolutele — 182 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.4 · -5 rush yds (2 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
California
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · California
Returning around him
- 1 California player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (32 in / 36 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
California · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #33 · 2026 recruiting class #56
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Daedae Hill’s 2021 season.
Matches Daedae on
Height
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nunu Campbell's sophomore season at Tulsa (2023).
Matches Nunu on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Isaiah Crosby
Background
Accolades - Athletic College Football Comeback Player of the Year Watch List (2026) Pro Football Focus ACC Defensive Team Of The Week (2025: 9/6, 9/20) JUCO All-American (2023) Redshirt Junior (2025) - Cal Started all four games before missing the rest of the season due to injury. In four games,...
The secondary · California
- #20Cameron Sidney47 tackles · 2025
- #14Aiden Manutai44 tackles · 2025
- #8Jasiah Wagoner28 tackles · 2025
- #23Isaiah Crosby24 tackles · 2025
- #2Kingston Lopa12 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · California team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology