#90

Rod Crayton

Defensive lineman on Southern Miss's 2017 roster.

DL · Southern Miss · #90

6′1″ · 287 lb · Dadeville, AL

Southern Miss 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 838 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman on Southern Miss's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Southern Miss — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Southern Miss3-star out of Dadeville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#838 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jay Hopson — 15-11 over that span.

2016Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Southern Miss8-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1262 / 2682 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1681 / 2682 · 36th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.9	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Southern Miss	32	13	6.5	--	--	--
2016	Southern Miss	7	2	0.5	--	--	--
Career		39	15	7.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 45–0

vs Southern

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 45-point win at home against Southern.

With K. Griggs — 209 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · -8 rush yds (4 car) · Z. Everett — 46 AVG · 62 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week