Dillon Doyle

Senior linebacker for Baylor. 2022: 78 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Baylor · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 240 lb · Iowa City, IA

CFB Index 61 · #180 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceBaylor 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 762 nationally · Signed with Iowa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Baylor. 2022: 78 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Baylor, 248 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Iowa3-star out of Iowa City West

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#762 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2022

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #180 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#156 / 2755 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#273 / 2755 · 89th pct

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2143 / 2755 · 18th pct

0.5

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	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.5	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #180 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #180 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Baylor	78	37	0.5	0.0	2	2	--
2021	Baylor	89	45	9.0	1.0	2	1	--
2020	Baylor	56	36	2.5	0.5	1	--	--
2019	Iowa	23	13	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Iowa	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		248	131	12.5	1.5	5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 38–35

at Oklahoma

1 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 192 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD · I. Power — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 69-10vs UAlbany	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 20-26@ BYU	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Texas State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Iowa State	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 25-36vs Oklahoma State	10	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 40-43@ West Virginia	10	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 35-23vs Kansas	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-17@ Texas Tech	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Oklahoma	15	5	0.0	1	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 11	L 3-31vs Kansas State	9	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 28-29vs TCU	7	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 27-38@ Texas	9	4	0.0	—	0
Total		78	37	0.5	2	2

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