Senior defensive lineman on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
6′5″ · 305 lb · Perris, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
2 TFL · 14 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs UConn
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
Dion Wilson Jr.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Dion Wilson Jr. has played for four head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Duke, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (16th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 66–24
vs Colgate
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
With S. Angeli — 382 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.5 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · D. Gill Jr. — 6 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Syracuse
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #35
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Monkell Goodwine’s 2025 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA