Player Dossier

2020-2025

Toledo

Avery Dunn

DL • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Shaker Heights, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Avery Dunn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Michigan State • Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Avery Dunn built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Shaker Heights, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Michigan State and Toledo. The clearest part of Avery Dunn's career was his...

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Avery Dunn, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State. Avery Dunn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
53
TFL
8
Sacks
4
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Avery Dunn quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · DL
Career Tackles
53
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Indiana
Latest roster
No. 97 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
12 tackles · DL 569th (top 53%) · Mid-American 252nd (top 44%) · National 2,672nd (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State10-01-036.5
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State8285.533-061.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State8120.5031030.9
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State11-0--036.7
2025 PostseasonToledo7311--041.5
2025 Regular SeasonToledo79103-041.5

Related Context

Avery Dunn played DL for Michigan State and Toledo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Avery Dunn recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 11.5 primary output with 29 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.9 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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 Michigan State, Toledo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

11.9

Usage

3.2

Consistency

46.3

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 1. Richmond: 0. Washington: 1. Michigan: 1.5. Minnesota: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 1. Penn State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Richmond: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 14.2. Michigan: 1 by 19.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 3 by 22.5. Penn State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 11/25vs Penn StateL 0-4221000
Sat 11/18@ IndianaW 24-2131000
Sun 11/12@ Ohio StateL 3-3811000
Sat 10/28@ MinnesotaL 12-2710000
Sat 10/21vs MichiganL 0-49100.5001
Sat 9/16vs WashingtonL 7-4111000
Sat 9/9vs RichmondW 45-1410000
Fri 9/1vs Central MichiganW 31-721000

Player Story

Avery Dunn story

Avery Dunn built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Shaker Heights, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Michigan State and Toledo. The clearest part of Avery Dunn's career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Avery Dunn'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

    Michigan State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Toledo

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State1103.31
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State11.5297.710.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State4.511.93.2-7
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.7-4.5
2025 PostseasonToledo615.75.46
2025 Regular SeasonToledo615.75.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 12 · L 31-39 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Rutgers

Week 11 · W 27-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 1 · L 22-27 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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.

#4

@ No. 66 Kentucky

Week 1 · L 16-24

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Illinois

Week 10 · W 23-15 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

11.5 primary output · 29 efficiency · 7.7 usage

61.5

#2

2025 Postseason · Toledo

41.5

6 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Toledo

41.5

6 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games