Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-14vs New Hampshire | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 17-21@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#8
Dorian Royal
Senior defensive tackle on Georgia State's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 285 lb · Quebec City, PQ
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Georgia State)
The story
4 defensive tackle on Georgia State's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Maine in 2021.
Dorian Royal
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Dorian Royal arrived at Georgia State from Maine. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Buffalo, Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Maineout of Cegep Garneau
20247 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
Georgia State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Georgia State
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Georgia State3-9HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | 20 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Gage Keys’s 2023 season.
Matches Gage on
Sack rate
Hurry rate
Class year
Differs from Gage on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalonnie Williams's junior season at Northern Illinois (2025).
87%match
Matches Jalonnie on
Class year
Weight
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Dorian Royal
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology