Defensive lineman for Illinois. 2017: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Deerfield, FL
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1651 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 defensive lineman for Illinois. 2017: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
James Crawford
Second year in the Illinois defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Indiana — Week 11, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lovie Smith, all balanced, slow tempo offenses — 5-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (91st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 6-28vs Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-45@ Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-35vs Rutgers | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-29@ Purdue | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24vs Indiana | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-52@ Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-42vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 16 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.