Dante Trader Jr.: DB · Maryland · #12.
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Dante Trader Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the same secondary at Maryland. The first one came in 2024: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Iowa — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-7vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13@ Virginia | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Villanova | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-42@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-48@ Minnesota | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-39@ No. 1 Oregon | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-31vs Rutgers | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-29vs Iowa | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-44@ No. 4 Penn State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL59 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Mike Locksley — 27-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
57.5%
491 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
59 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #167 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Maryland, 186 tackles — drafted at #155 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Locksley.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 2nd NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 2nd NFL season
