James Crawford: DL · Illinois · #5.
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James Crawford
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Illinois defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Indiana — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| 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 No. 5 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@ No. 8 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-42vs No. 23 Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 16 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
21%6 TFLSack rate
15%4 sacksHurry rate
15%4 hurries26 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Lovie Smith, all balanced, slow tempo offenses — 5-19 over that span.
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
Lovie Smith
Pass share
47.0%
339 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
60.1
12 games
Team sack rate
10.6%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
