Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Iowa State
Carson Van Dinter
DB • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Kaukauna, WI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Carson Van Dinter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Carson Van Dinter built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Kaukauna, WI wearing No. 36, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Van Dinter's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Carson Van Dinter, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Carson Van Dinter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 18
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Carson Van Dinter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 18
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kaukauna · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Kaukauna · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DB 459th (top 48%) · Big 12 253rd (top 35%) · National 2,179th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 7 | 18 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.3 |
Related Context
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Carson Van Dinter played DB for Iowa State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Carson Van Dinter recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 1.5 primary output with 12.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12.8
Usage
2.7
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 0.5. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 0. BYU: 0. Arizona State: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 3 by 17.5. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
35 vs Kansas
Player Story
Carson Van Dinter story
Carson Van Dinter built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Kaukauna, WI wearing No. 36, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Van Dinter's career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Carson Van Dinter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1.5 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 58 Kansas
Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 42 Kansas State
Week 1 · W 24-21 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 6 · L 30-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 18 BYU
Week 9 · L 27-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 28 Arizona
Week 5 · W 39-14 · 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 Regular Season · Iowa State
1.5 primary output · 12.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage
36.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Iowa State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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