Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Boise State
Dylan Sumner-Gardner
S • 6'1" • Mesquite, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dylan Sumner-Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boise State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Boise State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Dylan Sumner-Gardner built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a safety from Mesquite, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Dylan Sumner-Gardner's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Boise State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Dylan Sumner-Gardner, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boise State. Dylan Sumner-Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 0.5
- Sacks
- 7
Quick Answers
Dylan Sumner-Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boise State · S
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Boise State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · West Mesquite · Boise State
- High school pipeline
- West Mesquite · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · S 169th (top 44%) · Mountain West 149th (top 29%) · National 1,568th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Boise State | 6 | 27 | 0.5 | 7 | - | - | 0 | 56.5 |
Related Context
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Dylan Sumner-Gardner played S for Boise State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dylan Sumner-Gardner recorded 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Boise State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Boise State paired 8.5 primary output with 29.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Boise State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
29.6
Usage
10.2
Consistency
11.4
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. BYU: 0.5. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 1. Hawai'i: 7. UNLV: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 1 by 9.2. Wyoming: 8 by 33.3. San José State: 4 by 26.7. Hawai'i: 5 by 70.8. UNLV: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 5 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Hawai'i
Player Story
Dylan Sumner-Gardner story
Dylan Sumner-Gardner built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a safety from Mesquite, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Dylan Sumner-Gardner's career was his defensive production: 27 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 interception across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Boise State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Dylan Sumner-Gardner's production has multiple signals. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boise State.
The arc is straightforward: Dylan Sumner-Gardner moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Boise State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Boise State | 8.5 | 29.6 | 10.2 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Hawai'i
Week 11 · W 52-16 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs San José State
Week 10 · W 45-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
#3
@ Wyoming
Week 9 · L 28-30 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
23 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 23 takeover score.
#4
vs UNLV
Week 12 · W 42-25 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
20.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 8 · W 28-27
0.5
Havoc Plays
12.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 12.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Boise State
8.5 primary output · 29.6 efficiency · 10.2 usage
56.5
#2
2014 Regular Season · Boise State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Boise State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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