#55

Dante Stills

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2022: 4.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #55

6′4″ · 285 lb · Fairmont, WV

CFB Index 70 · #87 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamArizona — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 36, #213 overall

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 124 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2022: 4.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to West Virginia in 2018.
Drafted round 6 by the Arizona in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at West Virginia, 22 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #213 overall by Arizona.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20189 games

Signed with West Virginia4-star out of Fairmont

20208 games

All-Big 12second

202112 games

All-Big 12first

202212 games

All-Big 12first

2023

Drafted by Arizonaround 6, pick 213

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#124 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #213

Arizona · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2022

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 4th NFL season

#213Rd 6 · Pick 36

ArizonaEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #87 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#79 / 2755 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#167 / 2755 · 93rd pct

9.0

Sacks#164 / 2755 · 93rd pct

4.5

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Tackles#1508 / 2755 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#1573 / 2755 · 41st 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #87 of 387 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #87 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	West Virginia	26	13	9.0	4.5	1	--	--
2021	West Virginia	36	29	15.0	7.0	--	1	--
2020	West Virginia	32	14	9.5	1.0	2	--	--
2019	West Virginia	23	14	11.5	7.0	1	--	--
2018	West Virginia	14	12	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		131	82	50.5	22.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Oklahoma

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Greene — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 119 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · O. Straw — 43 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-38@ Pittsburgh	6	2	2.0	1.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 42-55vs Kansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 65-7vs Towson	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 33-10@ Virginia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-38@ Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Baylor	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-48@ Texas Tech	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 31-41vs TCU	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-31@ Iowa State	5	3	3.0	1.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 11	W 23-20vs Oklahoma	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-48vs Kansas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-19@ Oklahoma State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		26	13	9.0	4.5	—	1

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

Dante Stills

20189 games

20208 games

202112 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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