Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021UTSA
Lorenzo Dantzler
DL • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Starkville, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lorenzo Dantzler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Southern Miss • UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Incarnate Word
Player Story
Lorenzo Dantzler built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Starkville, MS wearing No. 98, spending time with Southern Miss and UTSA. The clearest part of Lorenzo Dantzler's career...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Lorenzo Dantzler, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · UTSA. Lorenzo Dantzler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 23
- Sacks
- 11
- QB hurries
- 20
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Lorenzo Dantzler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · UTSA
- Top game
- Incarnate Word
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Starkville · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Starkville · 23 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DL 552nd (top 59%) · Conference USA 329th (top 49%) · National 2,846th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTSA | 10 | 27 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 56.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTSA | 12 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2020 Postseason | UTSA | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTSA | 10 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | 0 | 61 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40.4 |
Related Context
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Lorenzo Dantzler played DL for Southern Miss and UTSA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Lorenzo Dantzler recorded 90 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
UTSA paired 15 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.4 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Southern Miss, UTSA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · UTSA
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
18.4
Usage
4.8
Consistency
38.1
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 1. Middle Tennessee: 3. Memphis: 1. UNLV: 3. Louisiana Tech: 0. UTEP: 0. Southern Miss: 0. UAB: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 0 by 10. Middle Tennessee: 0 by 30. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. UNLV: 1 by 34.2. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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First Half2 · Games = 4 · +1.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | vs UABSplash game | W 34-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Southern Miss | W 27-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/7 | @ UTEP | W 44-23 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 45-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs UNLVSplash game | W 24-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Memphis | W 31-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 27-13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Illinois | W 37-30 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lorenzo Dantzler story
Lorenzo Dantzler built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Starkville, MS wearing No. 98, spending time with Southern Miss and UTSA. The clearest part of Lorenzo Dantzler's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with UTSA. 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 Lorenzo Dantzler's production has multiple signals. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss and UTSA.
The arc is straightforward: Lorenzo Dantzler 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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Southern Miss
2016
Opening stop
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UTSA
2017-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTSA | 14 | 25.3 | 7.7 | 14 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTSA | 17 | 21.8 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 2020 Postseason | UTSA | 15 | 28.3 | 8.7 | -2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTSA | 15 | 28.3 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTSA | 11 | 18.4 | 4.8 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Incarnate Word
Week 1 · W 35-7
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UAB
Week 5 · L 13-21 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 7 · L 3-31 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 14 · L 27-41 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Baylor
Week 2 · L 20-37
3
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · UTSA
15 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · UTSA
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15 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UTSA
56.1
14 primary · 25.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
16
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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