Player Dossier

2023-2025

Maryland

Dillan Fontus

DL • 6'6" • 292 lbs • Queens, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dillan Fontus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.1

Efficiency

14

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

11.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dillan Fontus, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Maryland. Dillan Fontus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Maryland paired 0 primary output with 6.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14 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: Northern Illinois

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14

Usage

3.1

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 1. Northern Illinois: 3. Unknown: 0. Wisconsin: 0.5. Washington: 0. Nebraska: 0. UCLA: 1. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 14.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 46.7. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 2 by 13.3. Washington: 0 by 0. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Indiana: 7 by 29.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins1.5 · n=3 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · n=8 · -1.4 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · n=6 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=6 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sun 11/30@ Michigan StateL 28-3811000
Sat 11/22vs MichiganL 20-4530000
Sat 11/15@ IllinoisL 6-2421000
Sat 11/8@ RutgersL 20-3510000
Sat 11/1vs IndianaL 10-5574000
Sat 10/18@ UCLAL 17-2022001
Sat 10/11vs NebraskaL 31-3422000
Sat 10/4vs WashingtonL 20-2400000
Sat 9/20@ WisconsinW 27-10210.5000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown20000
Fri 9/5vs Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 20-9422.500.500
Sat 8/30vs Florida AtlanticW 39-7100.500.500

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Maryland

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonMaryland06.91.2
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland06.91.20
2024 Regular SeasonMaryland05.410
2025 Regular SeasonMaryland5.5143.15.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Northern Illinois

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#2

UCLA

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.7 takeover score.

#3

Florida Atlantic

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.6 takeover score.

#4

Indiana

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.2 takeover score.

#5

Wisconsin

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 11 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · Maryland

0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage

36.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Maryland

36.1

0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Maryland

35.5

0 primary · 5.4 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8633

Canarsie · Brooklyn, NY

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

41

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 22 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
41