Lee Crosby

Safety for New Mexico. 2016: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

S · New Mexico · #5

5′11″ · Baltimore, MD

New Mexico 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 312 nationally · Joined New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 safety for New Mexico. 2016: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at New Mexico, 33 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with New Mexico2-star out of Snow College

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#312 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bob Davie, all run-heavy offenses — 16-10 over that span.

2015New Mexico7-6HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2016New Mexico9-4HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#1091 / 2668 · 58th pct

Tackles#1239 / 2668 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

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Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road7g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	New Mexico	33	21	1.0	0.0	3	1	--
2015	New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		33	21	1.0	0.0	3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 48–21

vs South Dakota

6 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 27-point win at home against South Dakota.

With T. Gipson — 181 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · A. Apodaca — 172 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6 · 41 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week