Player Dossier

2024-2025

San Diego State

Dalesean Staley

S • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dalesean Staley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

91%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Dalesean Staley built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 9, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Dalesean Staley's career was his defensive...

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Dalesean Staley, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State. Dalesean Staley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
125
TFL
1
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Dalesean Staley quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · S
Career Tackles
125
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
Fresno State
Latest roster
No. 9 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
70 tackles · S 49th (top 9%) · Mountain West 24th (top 5%) · National 270th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1055-0--051.8
2025 PostseasonSan Diego State1213-0-1054.5
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State125710-7054.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026San Diego State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted73.4Jan 11, 2026
2024Unlisted to San Diego StateUnlisted to G5/FCS75.9Dec 7, 2023

Dalesean Staley played S for San Diego State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dalesean Staley recorded 125 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

San Diego State paired 10 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.3 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: Fresno State

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · San Diego State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

32.3

Usage

5.9

Consistency

36.7

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 1. Stony Brook: 2. Washington State: 1.5. California: 2. Northern Illinois: 0. Colorado State: 0. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 2.5. Wyoming: 1. Boise State: 0. San José State: 0. New Mexico: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 13 by 60. Stony Brook: 0 by 20. Washington State: 6 by 40. California: 7 by 49.2. Northern Illinois: 5 by 20.8. Colorado State: 4 by 16.7. Nevada: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 7 by 54.2. Wyoming: 5 by 30.8. Boise State: 5 by 20.8. San José State: 8 by 33.3. New Mexico: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

60 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 12/27vs North Texas10+ tacklesL 47-49132001
Fri 11/28@ New MexicoL 17-2341000
Sun 11/23vs San José StateW 25-387000
Sun 11/16vs Boise StateW 17-754000
Sat 11/1vs WyomingW 24-751001
Sat 10/25@ Fresno StateSplash gameW 23-0730.5002
Sun 10/12@ NevadaW 44-1065000
Sat 10/4vs Colorado StateW 45-2441000
Sat 9/27@ Northern IllinoisW 6-355000
Sun 9/21vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 34-0770011
Sun 9/7@ Washington StateL 13-36640.5001
Fri 8/29vs Stony BrookSplash gameW 42-000002

Player Story

Dalesean Staley story

Dalesean Staley built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 9, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Dalesean Staley's career was his defensive production: 125 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with San Diego 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 Dalesean Staley's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San Diego State.

The arc is straightforward: Dalesean Staley 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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    San Diego State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State022.93.9
2025 PostseasonSan Diego State1032.35.910
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1032.35.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 66 Fresno State

Week 9 · W 23-0 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 80 California

Week 4 · W 34-0

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Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 61 Washington State

Week 2 · L 13-36

1.5

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 22 North Texas

Week 1 · L 47-49 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 110 Wyoming

Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

36.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · San Diego State

10 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

54.5

10 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

51.8

0 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games