Player Dossier

2018-2022

West Virginia

Dante Stills

DL • 6'4" • 285 lbs • Fairmont, WV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dante Stills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

83

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Dante Stills built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Fairmont, WV wearing No. 55, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Dante Stills' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9467

Fairmont · Fairmont, WV

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 36
Overall
No. 213
NFL Team
Arizona Cardinals

Dante Stills, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · West Virginia. Dante Stills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
131
TFL
50.5
Sacks
22.5
QB hurries
16
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Dante Stills quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · DL
Career Tackles
131
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 54 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · West Virginia
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
4-star · Fairmont · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Fairmont · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 6 · Pick 36 · Arizona Cardinals
Latest roster
No. 55 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
26 tackles · DL 220th (top 23%) · Big 12 110th (top 25%) · National 1,523rd (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonWest Virginia91101-031.3
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia9134.53--031.3
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia112311.5721061.5
2020 PostseasonWest Virginia94201-057.7
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia9287.51-2057.7
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia13421--073.2
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia13321366-073.2
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia122694.561055.8

Related Context

Dante Stills played DL for West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dante Stills recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

West Virginia paired 29 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

26.1

Usage

8.8

Consistency

53.3

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 4.5. Kansas: 0. Towson: 2. Virginia Tech: 1. Texas: 0. Baylor: 2. Texas Tech: 1. TCU: 1. Iowa State: 4. Oklahoma: 2. Kansas State: 1. Oklahoma State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 6 by 70. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Towson: 1 by 24.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 14.2. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Baylor: 4 by 36.7. Texas Tech: 0 by 10. TCU: 1 by 14.2. Iowa State: 5 by 60.8. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5. Kansas State: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.8 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

70 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/26@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameW 24-1910000
Sat 11/19vs Kansas StateL 31-4810000
Sat 11/12vs OklahomaSplash gameW 23-2033110
Sat 11/5@ Iowa StateSplash gameL 14-3153310
Sat 10/29vs TCUL 31-4111100
Sat 10/22@ Texas TechL 10-4800001
Thu 10/13vs BaylorSplash gameW 43-4043100
Sat 10/1@ TexasL 20-3820000
Thu 9/22@ Virginia TechW 33-1010000
Sat 9/17vs TowsonSplash gameW 65-711110
Sat 9/10vs KansasL 42-5510000
Thu 9/1@ PittsburghSplash gameL 31-386221.500

Player Story

Dante Stills story

Dante Stills built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Fairmont, WV wearing No. 55, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Dante Stills' career was his defensive production: 131 tackles, 50.5 tackles for loss, 22.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 54 career games in the available record. That gives Dante Stills' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    West Virginia

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonWest Virginia9.5175.4
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia9.5175.40
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia21.528.39.812
2020 PostseasonWest Virginia13.529.810.8-8
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia13.529.810.80
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia2933.114.715.5
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia2933.114.70
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia20.526.18.8-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 1 · L 31-38

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 5 · L 20-23 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · L 27-34 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#4

vs NC State

Week 3 · W 44-27

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

vs James Madison

Week 1 · W 20-13

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · West Virginia

29 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage

73.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · West Virginia

73.2

29 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · West Virginia

61.5

21.5 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

27

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games