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35 Dylan Conner

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • Highschool Carroll
  • Position LB

Biography

Career: Has played in 26 games ... Has compiled 54 career total tackles (31 solo, 22 assisted) with 2.5 career tackles for loss and half a sack ... Has recovered one career fumble ... Has accounted for three career quarterback hurries ... Has tallied six passes defensed ... Has logged one career interception ... Has notched five career pass breakups ... Has returned one blocked punt for a touchdown in his career.

Single-Game Bests
Total Tackles: 5 (vs. Virginia; Sept. 15, 2018)
Solo Tackles: 4 (vs. Virginia; Sept. 15, 2018)
Assisted Tackles: 3 (twice, last: at UMass; Sept. 29, 2018)
Tackles For Loss: 1 (twice, last: at Northern Illinois; Oct. 13, 2018)
Sacks: 0.5 (Kansas; Sept. 16, 2017)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (three times; last: Akron; Nov. 23, 2018)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 (Ball State; Oct. 25, 2018)
Passes Defensed: 1 (six times, last: at Western Michigan; Nov. 1, 2018)
Pass Breakups: 1 (five times, last: at Western Michigan; Nov. 1, 2018)
Blocked Punts Returned For Touchdown: 1 (28 yards at Miami; Nov. 7, 2018)

2019: Played in all 13 games, starting all of them at strongside linebacker ... Finished second on the team with a career-high 83 total tackles, including a career-high 28 solo stops and a career-high 55 assisted tackles ... Tied for second on the team with a career-high 5.5 tackles for loss, including a career-high 1.5 sacks ... Posted one pass breakup.

2018: Played in all 13 games to set a career high and made a career-high seven starts ... Earned both Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete recognition for his efforts in the classroom ... Earned MAC Commissioner's Award recognition and MAC Honor Roll status ... Earned both Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll recognition ... Logged a career-high 36 total tackles, recording a career-high 22 solo stops, setting a career high with 14 assisted tackles and posting one tackle for loss ... Notched his first career fumble recovery ... Totaled a career-high three quarterback hurries ... Tallied a career-high five passes defensed ... Logged a career-high five pass breakups ... Scored his first career touchdown via a blocked punt ... Made his first career start in the season-opening 38-32 win over Howard (Sept. 1), registering his first career quarterback hurry and his first career pass breakup ... Compiled a career-high five total tackles (career-high four solo, one assisted) against Virginia (Sept. 15) ... Finished with four total tackles (three solo, one assisted) -- including one for a loss -- in addition to breaking up a pass at Norhern Illinois (Oct. 13) ... Logged two assisted tackles and recovered his first career fumble in a 52-14 victory over Ball State (Oct. 25) ... Posted four total tackles (two solo, two assisted) and returned a blocked punt 28 yards for a touchdown at Miami (Nov. 7).

2017: Played in 12 games on the season with one start ... Recorded 17 total tackles (nine solo, eight assist- ed), one half-sack, one and a half tackles for loss, and one interception.

2016:  Saw action in one game on the season.

Prior to Ohio: Recorded 78 solo tackles as a senior including 12 tackles for loss, two sacks and a fumble return as a team captain at Carroll High School ... Recorded 245 tackles during his career including 45 tackles for loss and six sacks ... Also had three fumble recoveries including one he returned for a touchdown ... Scored eight total touchdowns during high school career ... Named First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Area, IFCA First Team All-State, AP All-State Honorable Mention, Team MVP and Team Defensive MVP as a senior.

Personal – Born Jan. 9, 1998 ... Son of Sam and Beth Conner ... Has two sisters Madison (16) and Laila (6) ... Majoring in biological sciences pre professional ... Ranked in the top 15-percent of his graduating class with a 3.8 grade point average.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2017Redshirt

    LB
    5'11" 216 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    LB
    6'" 215 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2019Redshirt Junior

    LB
    5'11" 215 lbs
    35