Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Maryland
Dillan Fontus
DL • 6'6" • 292 lbs • Queens, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dillan Fontus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Dillan Fontus built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Queens, NY wearing No. 46, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Dillan Fontus' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Dillan Fontus, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Maryland. Dillan Fontus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 41
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Dillan Fontus quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 41
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Maryland
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Canarsie · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Canarsie · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DL 218th (top 21%) · Big Ten 184th (top 24%) · National 1,570th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 27 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Dillan Fontus played DL for Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dillan Fontus recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.
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 14.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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.
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2025 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
14.8
Usage
3.2
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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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. Towson: 0. Wisconsin: 0.5. Washington: 1. Nebraska: 0. UCLA: 1. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 14.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 46.7. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 2 by 13.3. Washington: 0 by 10. 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
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Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.9 vs Wins
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 State | L 28-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan | L 20-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Illinois | L 6-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Rutgers | L 20-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Indiana | L 10-55 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UCLA | L 17-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Nebraska | L 31-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Washington | L 20-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Wisconsin | W 27-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Towson | W 44-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | W 20-9 | 4 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 39-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dillan Fontus story
Dillan Fontus built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Queens, NY wearing No. 46, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Dillan Fontus' career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Dillan Fontus' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Maryland
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 6.5 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 20-9
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 13 Washington
Week 6 · L 20-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
26.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 39-7
1
Havoc Plays
26.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 1 Indiana
Week 10 · L 10-55 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
22.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 98 UCLA
Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
21.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Maryland
0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
39.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Maryland
39.1
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
38.9
6.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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