Player Dossier

2020-2025

Syracuse

Dion Wilson Jr.

DL • 6'5" • 305 lbs • Perris, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dion Wilson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Arizona • New Mexico State • Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota State

Player Story

Dion Wilson Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Perris, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona, New Mexico State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Dion Wilson Jr.'s...

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Dion Wilson Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Syracuse. Dion Wilson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
7
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Dion Wilson Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · DL
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
North Dakota State
High school pipeline
Knoxville Catholic · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 509th (top 48%) · ACC 329th (top 42%) · National 2,509th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonArizona23-0--038.4
2021 Regular SeasonArizona491.50--026.7
2022 Regular SeasonArizona81911-1026
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State132-0--025.9
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State132921.5--025.9
2024 PostseasonSyracuse53-01-020.5
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse5100.50--020.5
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse8142022051.2

Related Context

Dion Wilson Jr. played DL for Arizona, New Mexico State, and Syracuse. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dion Wilson Jr. recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 6 primary output with 14.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.6 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, New Mexico State, Syracuse.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.6

Usage

3.8

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

North Dakota State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 0. Mississippi State: 0. North Dakota State: 2. California: 0. Colorado: 1. Oregon: 0. Utah: 0. UCLA: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. North Dakota State: 3 by 32.5. California: 2 by 8.3. Colorado: 3 by 22.5. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.8 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

North Dakota State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs North Dakota State

Result
Sun 11/13@ UCLAW 34-2820000
Sat 11/5@ UtahL 20-4511000
Sun 10/9vs OregonL 22-4931000
Sun 10/2vs ColoradoW 43-2032001
Sat 9/24@ CaliforniaL 31-4921000
Sun 9/18vs North Dakota StateSplash gameW 31-2831110
Sun 9/11vs Mississippi StateL 17-3931000
Sat 9/3@ San Diego StateW 38-2020000

Player Story

Dion Wilson Jr. story

Dion Wilson Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Perris, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona, New Mexico State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Dion Wilson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Dion Wilson Jr.'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

    Arizona

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico State

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Syracuse

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonArizona06.31.1
2021 Regular SeasonArizona1.513.13.61.5
2022 Regular SeasonArizona313.63.81.5
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State3.512.630.5
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State3.512.630
2024 PostseasonSyracuse1.513.83.6-2
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse1.513.83.60
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse614.83.84.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Dakota State

Week 3 · W 31-28

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Washington State

Week 1 · W 52-35 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

61.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

#4

vs San Diego State

Week 2 · L 14-38

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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. 53 UConn

Week 2 · W 27-20

2

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Syracuse

6 primary output · 14.8 efficiency · 3.8 usage

51.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Arizona

38.4

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Arizona

26.7

1.5 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games