Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Western Michigan
Dalton Gustwiller
DL • 6'3" • 285 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dalton Gustwiller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Dalton Gustwiller, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan. Dalton Gustwiller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 11
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Dalton Gustwiller quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · DL
- Career Tackles
- 11
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kettering Fairmont · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Kettering Fairmont · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · DL 816th (top 76%) · Mid-American 356th (top 62%) · National 3,802nd (top 62%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.7 |
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Dalton Gustwiller played DL for Western Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dalton Gustwiller recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Western Michigan paired 1.5 primary output with 6.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 6.4 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: Toledo
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
6.4
Usage
0.9
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kennesaw State: 0.5. Toledo: 1. Rhode Island: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Miami (OH): 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kennesaw State: 1 by 9.2. Toledo: 0 by 10. Rhode Island: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
10 vs Toledo
Career Arc
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- 1
Western Michigan
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 13 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Michigan | 1.5 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1.5 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 9 · W 52-21 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 48 Toledo
Week 4 · W 14-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 1 · W 41-6 · Postseason
0.5
Havoc Plays
25 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25 takeover score.
#4
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 3 · W 59-31
0
Havoc Plays
8.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Ball State
Week 6 · W 45-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
1.5 primary output · 6.4 efficiency · 0.9 usage
31.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan
31.7
1.5 primary · 6.4 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan
27.8
1 primary · 13 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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