Dan Villari
Dan Villari
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across five seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile and Fran Brown. One game to point at: 104 rec yds, 7 receptions against UConn — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 66–24
vs Colgate
4 rec · 40 yds
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Syracuse
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (19 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #35
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Izayah Cummings’s 2025 season.
Matches Izayah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Yurosek's graduate season at Georgia (2024).
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Differs from Ben on
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+1773%
Up 1773% from first season to most-recent.