Senior linebacker for West Virginia. 2020: 19 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 228 lb · Bridgeport, WV
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 1816 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for West Virginia. 2020: 19 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Dylan Tonkery
Dylan Tonkery has been at West Virginia through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 2 TFL against Texas, Week 10, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at West Virginia, 118 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. 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: passes defended (21st 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
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | West Virginia | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 36 | 28 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 19 | 9 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 44 | 33 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 118 | 79 | 18.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 27-21vs Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-10vs Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-17@ Texas | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 24-6vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |