Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-33@ Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-35vs Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 52-17vs Montana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
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TJ Crandall
Junior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Sammamish, WA · Skyline
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1680 nationally · Signed with Colorado State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2023.
- Transferred from West Virginia to Oregon State in 2025.
TJ Crandall
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. TJ Crandall has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Texas Tech, Week 2, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20237 games
- Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Skyline
20244 games
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jonathan Smith, Trent Bray, and JaMarcus Shephard. Multi-era developmental context.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oregon State | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 19 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 39 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
TJ Crandall's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 52–17
vs Montana
3 tackles · 1 solo tackles
Dominant 35-point win at home against Montana.
With B. Atkinson — 333 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · 4 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · X. Noland — 2 rec · 7 yds
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +3 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning
2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning
2026Oregon State1-2HC: JaMarcus Shephard · Pass-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (16th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Pass share
70.7%
253 pass / 105 run
Plays / game
119.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
152 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2023 production profile sits closest to Donte Small’s 2021 season.
84%match
Matches Donte on
Height
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Donte Small's freshman season at App State (2021).
Matches Donte on
Height
TFL rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like TJ Crandall
Background
2025 • Did not play WEST VIRGINIA • Played in 11 games for West Virginia in 2024 • Totaled nine tackles • Posted a season-best three tackles twice, against Albany and in the regular season finale against Texas Tech COLORADO STATE • Played in 10 games at Colorado State in 2023, starting five •…
The secondary · Oregon State
- #36Drake Vickers17 tackles · 2026
- #5Amarion York15 tackles · 2026
- #28Blake Thompson14 tackles · 2026
- #6Jaheim Patterson12 tackles · 2026
- #4TJ Crandall11 tackles · 2026
21 more on the roster · Oregon State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology