Dominic DeLuca is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Penn State.
DeLuca is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Penn State. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 66 | 35 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Penn State | 36 | 19 | 4.0 | 0.5 | -- | 3 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 29 | 17 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 27 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 158 | 88 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-11vs Nevada | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-0vs Florida International | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-6vs Villanova | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-30vs No. 6 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-42@ UCLA | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-22vs Northwestern | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Iowa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs No. 2 Indiana | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-10@ Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Nebraska | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-36@ Rutgers | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 22-10vs Clemson | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 35 | 7.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 40-36
at Rutgers
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Rutgers on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%7 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups66 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Terry Smith
Pass share
42.0%
339 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #31 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
