Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Northwestern
Dillon Tatum
DB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dillon Tatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Dillon Tatum built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Farmington Hills, MI wearing No. 8, spending time with Michigan State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Dillon Tatum's career...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Dillon Tatum, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State. Dillon Tatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Dillon Tatum quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · West Bloomfield · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- West Bloomfield · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DB 485th (top 50%) · Big Ten 279th (top 36%) · National 2,336th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 5 | 14 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 9 | 45 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 55.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 15 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.7 |
Related Context
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Dillon Tatum played DB for Michigan State and Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dillon Tatum recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 10.5 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11 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 Michigan State, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
11
Usage
2.1
Consistency
4.8
Best Game by takeover score
Western Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Western Illinois: 1. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Western Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 4 by 16.7. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Illinois
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Western Illinois
Player Story
Dillon Tatum story
Dillon Tatum built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Farmington Hills, MI wearing No. 8, spending time with Michigan State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Dillon Tatum's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 9 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Michigan State. 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 Dillon Tatum's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State and Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Dillon Tatum 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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- 1
Michigan State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 13.7 | 1.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 10.5 | 32.5 | 4.8 | 9.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | -10.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 2.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 10 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Maryland
Week 4 · L 9-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 7 · W 34-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 42-7
1
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 1 · W 31-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
37.8 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
10.5 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 4.8 usage
55.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Michigan State
43.3
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
11.4
1 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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