Dylan Hazen is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wake Forest.
Hazen is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches at Wake Forest: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. On tape: 9 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against NC State, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
73 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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 | Wake Forest | 73 | 30 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 78 | 32 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 86 | 44 | 8.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 29 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 275 | 127 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 |
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 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 9 | 6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 43-29vs Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 30 | 9.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
73tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%9 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups73 tackles · 9 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #255 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #24 of 74 ACC 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%).
The No. 1,031 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the ACC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
