Avante Dickerson

Senior cornerback for Arkansas State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

CB · Arkansas State · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 181 lb · Omaha, NE

CFB Index 65 · #107 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Arkansas State for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

4 PBU · 54 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 7 tackles, vs Iowa State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Arkansas State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2021.
Transferred from Utah State to Arkansas State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Avante Dickerson

CB · Arkansas State · Sr · #9

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Avante Dickerson has played for five head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt: 8 tackles against Georgia Southern — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #107 of 364?

Low confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.7	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road5g	2.8	0.4	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #107 of 364 corners

Former four-star. Now #107 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #9 of 25 Sun Belt CBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas State	54	39	3.0	4	2	--
2024	Utah State	19	11	2.0	3	1	--
2023	Utah State	17	10	0.0	6	--	--
2022	Oregon	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Oregon	4	4	0.0	--	--	--
Career		95	64	5.0	13	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 42–24

vs Southeast Missouri State

4 SOLO · 4 TOT

With J. Raynor — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · J. Waller — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-56@ Arkansas	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 16-24vs Iowa State	7	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 21-28@ Kennesaw State	6	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Texas State	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 15-14@ South Alabama	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-24vs Georgia Southern	8	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 10	W 23-10@ Troy	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 21-27vs Southern Miss	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 30-34vs Louisiana	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 30-29@ App State	3	3	1.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-28vs Missouri State	7	7	1.0	—	0
Total		54	39	3.0	2	4

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

54Tackles

39Solo

3TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

2INT

54 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 21 INT
Week 31 INT
Week 61 PD
Week 102 PD
Week 111 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Arkansas State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -12 net (25 in / 37 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #91 · 2026 recruiting class #85

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tayvonn Kyle’s 2023 season.

Tayvonn Kyle

88%match

Virginia · 2023

Audavion Collins

Penn State · 2025

84%

Syrus Dumas

New Mexico State · 2022

82%

Davon Ferguson

Bowling Green · 2021

79%

Jarvis Lee Jr.

South Florida · 2025

77%

Matches Tayvonn on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to JaTravis Broughton's graduate season at TCU (2024).

JaTravis Broughton

89%match

TCU · 2024

Parker Robertson

Oklahoma State · 2025

86%

Jerrin Thompson

Auburn · 2024

86%

Devan Boykin

Indiana · 2025

84%

Kitan Crawford

Nevada · 2024

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 7

83%

Matches JaTravis on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Differs from JaTravis on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Avante Dickerson

Zion Tracy

Penn State · 2026

91%

Kale Smith

Oklahoma State · 2024

89%

Bryce Allen

Navy · 2025

88%

Marque Collins

BYU · 2024

82%

Jonathan Pennix

Southern Miss · 2025

76%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Avante Dickerson

20213 games

20239 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

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