Tray Dunson: LB · UTEP · #5.
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Tray Dunson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Transferred to UTEP from Gardner-Webb. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against New Mexico State — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UTEP | 16 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 16 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-40@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Southern Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-41vs Sam Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-14@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20vs Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-35vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-56@ No. 10 Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-35@ New Mexico State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 14 · 2024
W 42-35
1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out New Mexico State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
12%2 pass breakups16 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
45.6%
365 pass / 436 run
Plays / game
66.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at UTEP, 16 tackles — the college career is complete.
