Senior defensive lineman for Alabama. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′3″ · 300 lb · Pinson, AL
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.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 265 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Alabama. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
DJ Dale
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent four seasons in the Alabama defensive front. The receipt: 3 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 48-6 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (83rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (11th 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
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
Kalen DeBoer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #319 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 20–19
at Texas
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| 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@ Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 49-52@ Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-32@ LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-24@ 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 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 passes 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Marquis Burks’s 2021 season.
Matches Marquis on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Curtis Harper's senior season at Akron (2022).
Matches Curtis on
Player DNA