#13

Syrus Dumas

Former cornerback at UTSA. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · UTSA · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 180 lb · Columbus, MS

CFB Index 22 · #285 of 327 cornersLow confidenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

S recruit

Joined New Mexico State

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFLat Army (FBS) · L 24-29

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at UTSA. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed with New Mexico State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UTSA, 127 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

5 programs, one constant: he played.

20219 games

Signed with New Mexico Stateout of Independence C.C.

202213 games

Entered the portal

20233 games

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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2021 class

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

2022New Mexico State7-6HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

22Below cohort / limited sample #285 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#460 / 2892 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#969 / 2892 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	4.2	1.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

22 · #285 of 327 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #285 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	39	32	5.0	2	--	--
2023	UTSA	5	3	0.0	1	--	--
2022	New Mexico State	43	34	5.0	3	2	--
2021	New Mexico State	40	26	3.0	8	1	--
Career		127	95	13.0	14	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–36

vs Memphis

8 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 REC

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Carpenter — 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week