#10

Dameon Wilson

Senior linebacker for East Carolina. 2025: 54 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · East Carolina · Sr. · #10

6′1″ · 234 lb · Grover, NC

CFB Index 44 · #345 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to East Carolina for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles for loss: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

7.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 8 tackles, 2.5 TFL, at NC State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for East Carolina. 2025: 54 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2021.
Transferred from Missouri to East Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

Dameon Wilson

LB · East Carolina · Sr · #10

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-AAC. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 2.5 TFL against NC State — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2024East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #345 of 583?

High confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#744 / 2975 · 74th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.0	1.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

44 · #345 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #345 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #36 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	East Carolina	54	25	7.5	0.5	1	--	--
2024	East Carolina	25	12	2.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Missouri	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Missouri	16	10	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		97	49	10.0	0.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 23–17

vs Pittsburgh

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With A. Smith — 4 rec · 156 yds · 2 TD · C. Ditta — 177 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.7 · -17 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-24@ NC State	8	4	2.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-34vs BYU	7	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 28-6vs Army	7	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 41-27vs Tulsa	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Temple	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 48-22vs Charlotte	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-27vs Memphis	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-58@ UTSA	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 23-17vs Pittsburgh	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		54	25	7.5	0.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

54Tackles

25Solo

7.5TFL

0.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

54 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 30.5 sacks
Week 141 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

East Carolina

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · East Carolina

Returning around him

1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (24 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

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

East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #94

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Justin Whisenhunt’s 2021 season.

Justin Whisenhunt

80%match

Charlotte · 2021

Gage Summers

Akron · 2025

80%

Tongiaki Mateialona

Nevada · 2024

79%

Triston Newson

Missouri · 2023

77%

Jaylin Alderman

Louisville · 2023

77%

Matches Justin on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Justin on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tongiaki Mateialona's senior season at Nevada (2024).

Tongiaki Mateialona

84%match

Nevada · 2024

Corey Flagg Jr.

Miami · 2023

84%

Khadry Jackson

Georgia Southern · 2023

83%

Oscar McWood

Miami (OH) · 2024

82%

Bangally Kamara

Pittsburgh · 2023

82%

Matches Tongiaki on

PD rate

Sack rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Dameon Wilson

Anthony Beavers Jr.

USC · 2024

85%

Brady Anderson

San Diego State · 2025

83%

Joseph Sipp Jr.

Bowling Green · 2022

82%

Tony Grier Jr.

South Florida · 2022

82%

Hunter Barth

California · 2023

81%

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

Dameon Wilson

2021

20249 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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