Dylan Early: S · New Mexico State · #11.
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Dylan Early
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at New Mexico State span three head coaches: Doug Martin, Jerry Kill and Tony Sanchez. The first career honor came in 2024: Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 8 tackles against Sam Houston, Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State | 48 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 39 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 36 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 27 | 17 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 150 | 94 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-16vs Southeast Missouri State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-30vs Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-48@ Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 11-31@ Sam Houston | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 40-50vs New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-30vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-34vs Florida International | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-41vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-38@ No. 15 Texas A&M | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 36-21@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-42vs UTEP | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
48tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL48 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
39.4%
320 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
67.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #306 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at New Mexico State, 150 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Doug Martin, Jerry Kill, and Tony Sanchez. Multi-era developmental context.
