Van Fillinger

Former defensive end at Utah. 2024: 5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DE · Utah · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 265 lb · Draper, UT

CFB Index 67 · #114 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceUtah 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 177 nationally · Signed with Utah

Statement game5 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Washington State (FBS) · W 24-13

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

Fillinger finally looking like the hyper/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Utah. 2024: 5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Utah in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Utah, 19 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Utah4-star out of Corner Canyon

202410 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#177 national

CFB

College

Utah

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 36-22 over that span.

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #114 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#117 / 2892 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#218 / 2892 · 92nd pct

8.0

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Tackles#817 / 2892 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#937 / 2892 · 67th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th 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
Home5g	3.4	0.9	0.7	0.6
Road5g	5.2	0.7	0.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	1.1	0.8	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.4	0.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #114 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #114 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Utah	43	22	8.0	5.0	5	--	--
2023	Utah	31	18	5.5	3.5	--	--	--
2022	Utah	18	10	5.0	5.0	--	--	--
2021	Utah	41	25	9.5	5.5	--	--	--
2020	Utah	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		134	76	28.0	19.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 23–12

vs Baylor

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 SOLO

With J. Bouwmeester — 51 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Rising — 92 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.2 · 21 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-0vs Southern Utah	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 2	W 23-12vs Baylor	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-21@ Utah State	8	2	1.0	0.5	—	2	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 4	W 22-19@ Oklahoma State	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 10-23vs Arizona	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 19-27@ Arizona State	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 7-13vs TCU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-17@ Houston	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-22vs BYU	4	1	0.5	0.5	—	2
Wk 14	W 28-14@ UCF	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		43	22	8.0	5.0	—	5

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