DJ Dale: DL · Alabama · #94.
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DJ Dale
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons in the Alabama defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 55-3vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-26@ No. 20 Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 49-52@ No. 6 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-32@ No. 15 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-24@ No. 11 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-0vs Austin Peay | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-27vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%4 TFLSack rate
16%2 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 48-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
49.4%
438 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
476 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #319 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
