#95

Dante Sawyer

Defensive lineman for South Carolina. 2017: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DL · South Carolina · #95

6′3″ · 275 lb · Suwanee, GA

South Carolina 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 106 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for South Carolina. 2017: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to South Carolina in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at South Carolina, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with South Carolina4-star out of North Gwinnett

2015

Signed with South Carolina4-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#106 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Will Muschamp — 15-11 over that span.

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: passes defended (88th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#188 / 2682 · 91st pct

Passes defended#281 / 2682 · 88th pct

Sacks#316 / 2682 · 87th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#595 / 2682 · 76th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#1238 / 2682 · 52nd pct

Tackles#1347 / 2682 · 49th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.6
Road4g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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	South Carolina	30	19	5.0	3.0	5	--	--
2016	South Carolina	25	17	4.0	1.0	2	--	--
Career		55	36	9.0	4.0	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 26–19

vs Michigan

1 TOT · 2 PD · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Charlton — 38 AVG · 50 LONG · 8 NO · J. Bentley — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 33.4 · -1 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-28vs NC State	7	3	1.5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 31-13@ Missouri	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 13-23vs Kentucky	6	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-24@ Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 48-22vs Arkansas	2	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 15-9@ Tennessee	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 34-27vs Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 10-24@ Georgia	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-10vs Wofford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 10-34vs Clemson	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 26-19vs Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Total		30	19	5.0	3.0	—	5

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