Dillan Botts
Dillan Botts
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rice | 16 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
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.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gabriel Iniguez Jr.’s 2024 season.
Matches Gabriel on
Differs from Gabriel on
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).
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #13032
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...