Quindarius Dunnigan
Quindarius Dunnigan
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2023: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 5 tackles, 2 TFL against Iowa — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-Conference USA
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-Conference USA
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 25 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Michigan State | 17 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 34 | 19 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 25 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 107 | 60 | 23.5 | 8.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–24
vs Youngstown State
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Michigan State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Michigan State
Returning around him
- 2 Michigan State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -18 net (28 in / 46 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Michigan State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #45
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Clayton Smith’s 2024 season.
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Differs from Clayton on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Gilber Edmond's graduate season at South Carolina (2024).
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