Naquan Crowder
Minnesota Golden Gophers
83
Good

Naquan Crowder

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
NTDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Marshall
Projected Starter

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Naquan Crowder is the projected starter at NT for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt junior · #70 · 6'2", 330 lbs

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Depth at NT · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 17083Naquan CrowderStarter
  2. 25564Jaylin Hicks
  3. 39064Xion Chapman
  4. 49264Sid Kaba

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

This season: 26 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Team Share3%
Aliquippa, PA
Jersey
#70
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
330 lbs
Transfer
Marshall

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2631

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 71th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.78 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 33% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11LPURTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 41-13

Oct 3WMICHTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-14

Sep 27WWASHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Naquan Crowder's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

26 tkl · 3 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement21%
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