Senior defensive lineman on Cincinnati's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 335 lb · Cincinnati, OH
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
14 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 3 tackles, vs Iowa State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Cincinnati's 2025 roster.
Dontay Corleone
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Four seasons at Cincinnati, two different head coaches: Luke Fickell and Scott Satterfield. Four straight seasons of it now: All-Big 12 again in 2025. The receipt: 3 tackles against Iowa State — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 26 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 39 | 22 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 44 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 123 | 60 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025
W 38–30
vs Iowa State
3 TOT
Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.
With B. Sorsby — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 60 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-20vs Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-30vs Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-11vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-17@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Baylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-45@ TCU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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
Cincinnati
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Cincinnati
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Cincinnati · Last season: 7-6 (AP #22) · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #58
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 Stanley McKenzie’s 2025 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Stanley McKenzie's senior season at California (2025).
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Player DNA