Dalesean Staley

Senior safety for San Diego State. 2025: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

S · San Diego State · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 190 lb · Kansas City, MO · Blue Springs High

CFB Index 69 · #112 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from San Diego State)

Next upSat Sep 19 · 10 pm ETvs James MadisonSnapdragon StadiumSan Diego State by 2.5

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

8 PBU · 70 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 13 tackles, vs North Texas

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for San Diego State. 2025: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Northern Iowa in 2022.

His career, year by year

Dalesean Staley

S · San Diego State · Sr · #9

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Northern Iowa to San Diego State — the move that set up everything since. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 13 tackles against North Texas — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Sean Lewis — 12-13 over that span.

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2025San Diego State9-4HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #112 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles#268 / 2975 · 91st pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

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	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Road5g	5.6	0.2	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.9	0.1	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.1	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #112 of 544 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	San Diego State	70	40	1.0	8	1	--
2024	San Diego State	55	36	0.0	--	--	--
Career		125	76	1.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 17–7

vs Boise State

4 SOLO · 5 TOT

With H. Green — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG · L. Sutton — 150 rush yds (25 car)

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 42-0vs Stony Brook	0	0	0.0	—	2	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 2	L 13-36@ Washington State	6	4	0.5	—	1
Wk 4	W 34-0vs California	7	7	0.0	1	1
Wk 5	W 6-3@ Northern Illinois	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-24vs Colorado State	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 44-10@ Nevada	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 23-0@ Fresno State	7	3	0.5	—	2
Wk 10	W 24-7vs Wyoming	5	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 17-7vs Boise State	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 25-3vs San José State	8	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-23@ New Mexico	4	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 47-49vs North Texas	13	2	0.0	—	1
Total		70	40	1.0	1	8

The secondary · San Diego State

#30Jalen ThomesonS · Jr.86 tackles · 2025
#9Dalesean StaleyS · Sr.70 tackles · 2025
#6Eric ButlerS · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#24Josiah CoxS · Sr.15 tackles · 2025
#17Deshawn McCuinS · Sr.12 tackles · 2025

22 more on the roster · San Diego State team page

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

Dalesean Staley

2022

202410 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

The secondary · San Diego State