Quindarius Dunnigan is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Michigan State.
Dunnigan disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Rick Stockstill and Jonathan Smith. All-Conference USA in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Iowa — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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 | Michigan State | 25 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2024 | Michigan State | 17 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 34 | 19 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 8 |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 25 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 107 | 60 | 23.5 | 8.0 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-6vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-24vs Youngstown State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-45@ No. 25 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-38@ Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38vs UCLA | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-38@ No. 3 Indiana | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs No. 25 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-28vs Penn State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-20@ Iowa | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 38-28vs Maryland | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%5 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
36%9 hurries25 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
49.7%
378 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
424 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #45 of 69 Big Ten DLs
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. 3,135 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big Ten as a senior.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rick Stockstill and Jonathan Smith.
