Nizaire Cromartie: LB · Navy · #56.
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Nizaire Cromartie
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Four seasons in the Navy linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Tulane — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Holy Cross | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-10vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-35@ Memphis | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-25vs Air Force | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-17@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-3vs South Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-38vs Tulane | 6 | 2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 56-10@ UConn | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-52@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-28vs No. 21 SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41@ Houston | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-7vs Army | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 20-17vs Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 17 | 9.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 41-38
vs Tulane
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Tulane at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%10 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups38 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 30-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
11.8%
101 pass / 758 run
Plays / game
66.1
13 games
Team sack rate
13.0%
123 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Navy, 106 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
