Last confirmed: Ohio, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 227 lb · Youngstown, OH · Boardman
Evan Croutch: LB · Ohio · #47.
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Evan Croutch
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Ohio since. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Kent State — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 14 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-32vs Howard | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | L 31-45@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-34@ Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-42vs Massachusetts | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-26@ Kent State | 11 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14vs Bowling Green | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-14vs Ball State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-14@ Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-30@ Miami (OH) | 9 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 52-17vs Buffalo | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-28vs Akron | 10 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-0vs San Diego State | 11 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 53 | 14.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%14 TFLSack rate
6%6 sacksPD rate
7%6 pass breakups86 tackles · 14 for loss · 5.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Frank Solich — 26-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.2%
312 pass / 551 run
Plays / game
66.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
346 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
86 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio, 188 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Frank Solich.
