Dante Stills: DL · West Virginia · #55.
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Dante Stills
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at West Virginia. All-Big 12 in 2022 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Pittsburgh — Week 1, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-38@ No. 17 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 No. 7 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 No. 19 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
35%9 TFLSack rate
17%4 sacksHurry rate
23%6 hurries26 tackles · 9 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
49.1%
426 pass / 442 run
Plays / game
72.3
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #87 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at West Virginia, 22 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #213 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 4th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 4th NFL season
