Player Dossier

2019-2025

Michigan State

Quindarius Dunnigan

DL • 6'4" • 257 lbs • Chattanooga, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Quindarius Dunnigan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Middle Tennessee • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Player Story

Quindarius Dunnigan built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 99, spending time with Michigan State and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Quindarius...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7844

McCallie School · Chattanooga, TN

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Quindarius Dunnigan, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Quindarius Dunnigan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
107
TFL
23.5
Sacks
8
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Quindarius Dunnigan quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · DL
Career Tackles
107
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Colorado State
Recruit profile
2-star · McCallie School · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
McCallie School · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DL 264th (top 25%) · Big Ten 205th (top 27%) · National 1,724th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee46-0--037.9
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee10255.52.5-1023.7
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee12349258065.9
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State91741--021.8
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State102552.59-052.6

Related Context

Quindarius Dunnigan played DL for Middle Tennessee and Michigan State. Across 7 tracked seasons, Quindarius Dunnigan recorded 107 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 24 primary output with 31.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.9 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Middle Tennessee, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

26.9

Usage

9.7

Consistency

33.7

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 2.5. Youngstown State: 0. USC: 0. Nebraska: 2. UCLA: 1. Indiana: 1. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 1. Iowa: 4. Maryland: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 2 by 33.3. Youngstown State: 3 by 12.5. USC: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 0 by 20. UCLA: 3 by 22.5. Indiana: 2 by 18.3. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 4 by 26.7. Iowa: 5 by 60.8. Maryland: 3 by 62.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Maryland

Result
Sun 11/30vs MarylandSplash gameW 38-2832110
Sat 11/22@ IowaSplash gameL 17-2055210
Sat 11/15vs Penn StateL 10-2842000
Sat 10/25vs MichiganL 20-3121000
Sat 10/18@ IndianaL 13-3822100
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-38300.500.500
Sat 10/4@ NebraskaSplash gameL 27-3800000
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-4511000
Sat 9/13vs Youngstown StateW 41-2431000
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganSplash gameW 23-6200.5000

Player Story

Quindarius Dunnigan story

Quindarius Dunnigan built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 99, spending time with Michigan State and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Quindarius Dunnigan's career was his defensive production: 107 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Quindarius Dunnigan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Middle Tennessee

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee0
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee06.30.90
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee00
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee917.43.69
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee2431.87.315
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State513.44.6-19
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State16.526.99.711.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado State

Week 2 · W 34-19

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 75 Maryland

Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 12 Iowa

Week 13 · L 17-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Boston College

Week 4 · L 19-23

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 2 · L 19-23

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

24 primary output · 31.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

65.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

52.6

16.5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

37.9

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games