Linwood Crump: DB · New Mexico State · #9.
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Linwood Crump
Erases the deep middle of the field. The six seasons span two programs and five head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, Rod Carey and Jerry Kill. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Missouri — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-23vs Nevada | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-38@ Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-26vs Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-21vs Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-9vs New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13@ Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Lamar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-14@ Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Week 13 · 2022
W 49-14
at Liberty
2 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 35-point win on the road against Liberty.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
21%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL19 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jerry Kill
Pass share
40.8%
304 pass / 442 run
Plays / game
57.4
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
307 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #292 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Temple and New Mexico State, 68 tackles — the college career is complete.
Played for two programs.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2022
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Rod Carey and Jerry Kill.
