#96

Dillan Botts

DL · Rice · R-Jr. · #96

Returning to Rice for 2026
R-Jr. · Houston, Texas → Bridgeland
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Dillan Botts

DL · Rice · Jr · #96

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Rice
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Rice5-8HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy

Career stats

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Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 28–17

at Charlotte

3 TOT  ·  3 SOLO

How he plays

Play style

Wins his gap play after play.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Rice

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Rice

Returning around him

  • 75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Rice · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #106 · 2026 recruiting class #103

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gabriel Iniguez Jr.’s 2024 season.

Utah State · 2024

#2

Cornell Evans

Buffalo · 2024

88%
#3

Denzel Lowry

Old Dominion · 2024

All-Sun Belt
88%
#4

Dion Bergan

Wake Forest · 2022

84%
#5

Noah Shannon

Iowa · 2021

84%

Matches Gabriel on

Weight
Hurry rate
TFL rate

Differs from Gabriel on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Branch's freshman season at Middle Tennessee (2020).

Middle Tennessee · 2020

#2

Lichon Terrell

Western Kentucky · 2021

82%
#3

Enzo-Pierre Tayou

New Mexico State · 2025

82%
#4

Mehki Wingo

Missouri · 2021

79%
#5

Solomone Langi

San José State · 2025

78%

Matches Jordan on

Sack rate
Hurry rate
Weight

Differs from Jordan on

Class year (lower)

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #13032

Final rank
#13813
Avg #13587.7
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #13032 this season.

Background

Pronunciation Guide 2025 Saw action in all 13 games, including 10 starts and 345 snaps on defense after transferring from Mary Hardin-Baylor… Led the interior linemen with a 69.4 grade on PFF... Credited with 16 tackles, including seven in the last three games… Matched his season high with three...

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