Justin Cryer
Texas Longhorns
83
Good

Justin Cryer

MLBDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Florida State
2nd String / Backup

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Justin Cryer is listed 2nd string at MLB for Texas Longhorns.

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Brookshire Royal, ranked #1,014 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 43 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,014 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile80th
Katy, TX
Jersey
#28
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
237 lbs
Transfer
Florida State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
4351

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8639
National Rank
#1014
High School
Brookshire Royal
Hometown
Brookshire, TX

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role; −6 depth penalty

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.

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Team Role

43 tkl · 5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement31%

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