Avante Dickerson is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas State.
Dickerson gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for five head coaches across five seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Georgia Southern — Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 54 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | Utah State | 19 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 17 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | Oregon | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 95 | 64 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-56vs Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-24vs No. 14 Iowa State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-28@ Kennesaw State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Texas State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-14@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 23-10@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27vs Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-34vs Louisiana | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-29@ App State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-28vs Missouri State | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
54tackles this season54 tackles · 3 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
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
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
53.7%
506 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 3 schools: Mario Cristobal, Dan Lanning, Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling and Butch Jones.
