#17

Dajaun Drennon

Defensive end for North Carolina. 2017: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DE · North Carolina · #17

6′4″ · 245 lb · Clementon, NJ

North Carolina 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 271 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end for North Carolina. 2017: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to North Carolina in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at North Carolina, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with North Carolina4-star out of Timber Creek

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#271 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 11-14 over that span.

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#12 / 2682 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#773 / 2682 · 69th pct

4.0

Solo tackles#1036 / 2682 · 60th pct

Tackles#1218 / 2682 · 54th pct

Sacks#1228 / 2682 · 52nd pct

0.5

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	North Carolina	33	22	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
2016	North Carolina	17	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		50	27	5.0	1.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 34–31

at Pittsburgh

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.

With A. Ratliff-Williams — 35 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · N. Elliott — 235 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.1 · 10 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week