Shaun Crawford: CB · Notre Dame · #20.
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Shaun Crawford
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Four seasons in the Notre Dame secondary to date. The first career honor came in 2020: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. On tape: 9 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Boston College, Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 57 | 40 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 28 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 30 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 121 | 83 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 12 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-13vs Duke | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-26vs Florida State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 12-7vs Louisville | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-3@ Pittsburgh | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 47-40vs No. 1 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-31@ Boston College | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-17@ No. 25 North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-21vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 10-34vs No. 4 Clemson | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | 35 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 11 · 2020
W 45-31
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out Boston College on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this season57 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 35-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
41.9%
359 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
77.9
11 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
57 tackles in 10 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 121 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
