Player Dossier

2022-2025

Washington State

Darrion Dalton

DT • 6'3" • 280 lbs • Apple Valley, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darrion Dalton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State • Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Darrion Dalton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Apple Valley, MN wearing No. 92, spending time with San Diego State and Washington State. The clearest part of Darrion...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8163

Saguaro · Scottsdale, AZ

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Darrion Dalton, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Washington State. Darrion Dalton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Darrion Dalton quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · DT
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Saguaro · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Saguaro · 65 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DT 77th (top 34%) · Pac-12 29th (top 29%) · National 1,895th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State59-011019.7
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State7162.50--033.3
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State112221.51-037.8

Related Context

Darrion Dalton played DT for San Diego State and Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darrion Dalton recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Washington State paired 4.5 primary output with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San Diego State, Washington State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.1

Usage

6

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. California: 0.5. Central Michigan: 0. Washington State: 1. UNLV: 0. Utah State: 0. Air Force: 1

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. California: 1 by 9.2. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Washington State: 2 by 18.3. UNLV: 4 by 16.7. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. Air Force: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Air Force

Result
Sun 12/1vs Air ForceL 20-3121100
Sat 11/23@ Utah StateL 20-4130000
Sun 11/17@ UNLVL 20-4141000
Sun 10/27vs Washington StateL 26-2921100
Sat 9/28@ Central MichiganL 21-2210000
Sun 9/15@ CaliforniaL 10-31100.5000
Sun 9/8vs Oregon StateL 0-2132000

Player Story

Darrion Dalton story

Darrion Dalton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Apple Valley, MN wearing No. 92, spending time with San Diego State and Washington State. The clearest part of Darrion Dalton's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Darrion Dalton'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

    San Diego State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State211.51.92
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State2.513.160.5
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State4.512.43.22

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 7 Ole Miss

Week 7 · L 21-24 · Ranked opponent

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Air Force

Week 14 · L 20-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington State

Week 9 · L 26-29

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Idaho State

Week 1 · W 36-28

2

Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 124 Colorado State

Week 5 · W 20-3

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Havoc Plays

33.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Washington State

4.5 primary output · 12.4 efficiency · 3.2 usage

37.8

#2

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

33.3

2.5 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · San Diego State

19.7

2 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games