Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-20vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 40-14@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#18
Dyllon Lester
Senior defensive back on UCF's 2022 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Plantation, FL
UCF 2022 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1771 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on UCF's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2018.
Dyllon Lester
Erases the deep middle of the field. Dyllon Lester has played for two head coaches in five seasons at UCF. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Louisville, Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at UCF, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2018
- Signed with UCF3-star out of American Heritage
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UCF
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coaches2018–2020
UCF
Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2019UCF10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo
2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning
2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 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
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kendrick Simpkins’s 2021 season.
Matches Kendrick on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dreyden Norwood's senior season at Missouri (2023).
89%match
Matches Dreyden on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Dyllon Lester
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology