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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Kansas State
Damian Ilalio
DT • 6'2" • 300 lbs • Manhattan, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Damian Ilalio shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Damian Ilalio built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Manhattan, KS wearing No. 56, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Damian Ilalio's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Damian Ilalio, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kansas State. Damian Ilalio shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Damian Ilalio quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Kansas State
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Manhattan · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Manhattan · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 56 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DT 88th (top 38%) · Big 12 233rd (top 32%) · National 2,022nd (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas State | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Kansas State | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 41 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 11 | 31 | 2.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 41 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 10 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.2 |
Related Context
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Damian Ilalio played DT for Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Damian Ilalio recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Kansas State paired 3.5 primary output with 10.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Oklahoma State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Oklahoma State
Player Story
Damian Ilalio story
Damian Ilalio built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Manhattan, KS wearing No. 56, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Damian Ilalio's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Damian Ilalio'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.
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Kansas State
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas State | 3.5 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3.5 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Kansas State | 5 | 17.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 17.4 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 12.3 | 3.8 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 1 · W 28-19 · Postseason
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Tulane
Week 2 · W 34-27
2
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 10 · L 20-43 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 28 Arizona
Week 3 · L 17-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 37 TCU
Week 7 · W 41-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Kansas State
3.5 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
41.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
41.1
3.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Kansas State
41
5 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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