CFB Zeitgeist Score
45
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 74th percentile.
Darrion Dalton
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
22 TACKLES · 1.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Washington State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Washington State
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71
DT · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
Darrion Dalton
- 4
- #92
- 6-3 | 280 lb
- Apple Valley, MN
Heisman Heat
#14625
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8163 | No. 2104 recruit | HighSchool | San Diego State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to San Diego State
Composite
0.8163
#2104 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Darrion Dalton
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Darrion Dalton
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 11g
22Tackles
2Tackles for loss
1.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
26Tackles
2.4Tackles for loss
1.8Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 22): needs 29/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 22): needs 39/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 2.2/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 4.2/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Darrion Dalton is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Washington State's defense, with 1.5 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
22 62nd
SOLO
7 48th
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
1.5 85th
QBH
1 44th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 22 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 31 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 22 | #1869/4942 | 62nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.0 | #1443/4972 | 71st pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.5 | #724/4972 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 7 | #2403/4584 | 48th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Losses5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort
45Mid-pack
Concern: solo tackles (16th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DT · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Darrion DaltonWashington StateMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 54% simMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 53% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 53% sim
Sacks
QB hurries
Tackles for loss
Tackles
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Deonte Anderson’s 2025 season.
Deonte Anderson
88%match
#2
Akial Byers
88%
#3
Jackson Luttrell
88%
#4
Peyton Price
87%
#5
Parker Devine
87%
Matches Deonte on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Parker Devine's junior season at Georgia Southern (2022).
Parker Devine
93%match
#2
Peyton Price
90%
#3
Esean Carter
All-MAC
87%
#4
Ali Saad
86%
#5
Drew Hughes
85%
Matches Parker on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2025era →
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Dickert → Jimmy Rogers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownApple Valley, MN
Height6'3"
Weight280 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey92
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San Diego State | DT4 | #14625 | #14712 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | San Diego State | DT4 | #14439 | #14461 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | San Diego State | DT4 | #11596 | #11389 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DT | 4 | No. 92 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2024 | San Diego State | Mountain West | DT | 4 | No. 92 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2023 | San Diego State | Mountain West | DT | 4 | No. 92 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2022 | San Diego State | Mountain West | DT | 4 | No. 92 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Apple Valley, MN |