Cam Dillon: LB · Duke · #35.
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Cam Dillon
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Duke: Mike Elko and Trooper Taylor. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against NC State — Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Daily Progress Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 19Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Lafayette | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-14vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-7@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-21vs No. 11 Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-3vs NC State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38@ No. 4 Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23@ No. 18 Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Wake Forest | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 45-47@ No. 24 North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-19vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 17-10vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 7 · 2023
W 24-3
vs NC State
7 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 21-point win at home against NC State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%2 pass breakups35 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Mike Elko — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Trooper Taylor
Pass share
44.8%
355 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
60.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Duke, 88 tackles — the college career is complete.
