Senior defensive lineman for Florida International. 2025: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Miami, FL
The numbers
sacks · 2025
5 TFL · 14 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Sam Houston
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Florida International. 2025: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
Dante Anderson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Dante Anderson has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles, 2 sacks against Sam Houston — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Willie Simmons. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: tackles (16th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida International | 14 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida State | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 16-38vs Delaware | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-45vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-21vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-16@ Sam Houston | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Florida International
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Florida International
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida International · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #102
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler Baron’s 2023 season.
Matches Tyler on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Anto Saka's junior season at Northwestern (2025).
Matches Anto on
Player DNA
15 more on the roster · Florida International team page