Joe Dillon

Senior linebacker for Louisiana. 2020: 26 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Louisiana · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 220 lb · Tylertown, MS

All-ConferenceLouisiana 2020 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Louisiana. 2020: 26 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Louisiana in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2372 nationally · Signed with Louisiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisiana, 151 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2015

Signed with Louisiana2-star out of Tylertown

20209 games

All-Sun Belt

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2372 national

CFB

College

Louisiana

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

2 coaches

2016–2017

Mark Hudspeth

Louisiana

2019–2020

Billy Napier

Louisiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Hudspeth → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Louisiana6-7HC: Mark Hudspeth · Run-heavy

2017Louisiana5-7HC: Mark Hudspeth · Run-leaning

2019Louisiana11-3HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#31 / 2211 · 98th pct

Passes defended#749 / 2211 · 54th pct

Tackles#997 / 2211 · 54th pct

Solo tackles#1148 / 2211 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1207 / 2211 · 42nd pct

1.5

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

0.0

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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home3g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Louisiana	26	13	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Louisiana	44	26	9.5	7.0	1	--	--
2017	Louisiana	30	14	7.0	4.5	--	--	--
2016	Louisiana	51	28	13.5	7.0	--	--	--
Career		151	81	31.5	18.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2020

W 31–14

at Iowa State

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

With C. Smith — 25 rush yds (8 car) · R. Byrns — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 31-14@ Iowa State	4	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 34-31@ Georgia State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-30vs Coastal Carolina	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-20@ UAB	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 44-34@ Texas State	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 27-20vs Arkansas State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-10vs South Alabama	2	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 13	W 70-20@ UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-21@ App State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Total		23	12	1.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

20209 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays