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DANTE SAWYER
Defensive End
2014 / 2017
Suwanee, GA

Prior Schools
School	Location

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
2015	Fall 2015	95	DE	6-3	291	So	11	4
2016	Spring 2016	95	DT	6-3	289	Jr
2016	Fall 2016	95	DT	6-3	275	Jr	13	0
2017	Spring 2017	95	DE	6-3	265	Sr
2017	Fall 2017	95	DE	6-3	275	Sr	12	2

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
9/3/15 vs. North Carolina	Defensive Tackle	Starter
9/26/15 vs. Central Florida	Defensive Tackle	2nd String
10/10/2015 at LSU	Defensive Tackle	Starter
10/31/15 at Texas A&M	Defensive Tackle	Starter
11/7/15 at Tennessee	Defensive Tackle	Starter
11/14/2015 vs. Florida	Defensive Tackle	Starter
11/21/15 vs. The Citadel	Defensive Tackle	Starter
9/1/2016 at Vanderbilt	Defensive End	Starter
NC State 9/2/2017	Defensive End	Starter

Honors
Award	Year

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
2015	9	8	17	2.5	2.5		1	1	1	0	0	15	6	4	36.13	1.7
2016	17	8	25	4.0	1.0		2	4	1	0	0	22	7	3	46.92	1.75
2017	19	11	30	5.0	3.0		4	5	0	5	0	30	10	4	76.53	0.63
Tot	45	27	72	11.5	6.5		7	10	2	5	0	67	23	11	159.58

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Penalties
Year	Penalties	Yards
2016	1	0

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
2015-09-26	Central Florida	Defensive Tackle
2015-10-03	Missouri	Defensive Tackle
2015-10-10	LSU	Defensive Tackle
2015-11-07	Tennessee	Defensive Tackle
2017-09-02	N.C. State	Defensive End
2017-09-09	Missouri	Defensive End

Game Defensive Stats
Date	Opponent	SOLO	AST	TKL	TFL	SK	FF	FR	PBU	QBH	IPL	CDPL	RZPL	IPP
2015-09-03	North Carolina	2	0	2	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-12	Kentucky	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-19	Georgia	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-26	Central Florida	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	1
2015-10-03	Missouri	1	2	3	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	0
2015-10-31	Texas A&M	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2015-11-07	Tennessee	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0
2015-11-28	Clemson	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.00
2016-09-01	Vanderbilt	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016-09-10	Mississippi State	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0
2016-09-24	Kentucky	2	1	3	2.0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2016-10-01	Texas A&M	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1
2016-10-09	Georgia	2	0	2	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016-10-22	Massachusetts	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1
2016-10-29	Tennessee	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	2
2016-11-05	Missouri	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016-11-19	Western Carolina	3	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016-11-26	Clemson	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016-12-29	South Florida	4	1	5	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-02	N.C. State	3	4	7	1.5	1.0	2	0	0	2
2017-09-09	Missouri	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-16	Kentucky	4	2	6	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0
2017-10-07	Arkansas	2	0	2	2.0	1.0	1	0	0	0
2017-10-14	Tennessee	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	0
2017-10-28	Vanderbilt	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	0
2017-11-18	Wofford	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0
2017-11-25	Clemson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play

Defense - Sacks
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2015	2015-09-03	North Carolina	3	3	USC	3	Marquise Williams sacked for loss of 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-09-26	Central Florida	2	5	USC	48	Bo Schneider sacked for loss of 9 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-10-03	Missouri	1	9	UMO	47	Drew Lock sacked for loss of 7 (Dante Sawyer, Phillip Dukes)
2016	2016-09-24	Kentucky	2	8	UKY	41	Stephen Johnson sacked for loss of 7 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	3	10	NCS	33	Ryan Finley sacked for loss of 18 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by (Bryson Allen-Williams) at NCS 13
2017	2017-10-07	Arkansas	2	8	USC	24	Austin Allen sacked for loss of 8 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by TJ Brunson, returned 73 yards, touchdown
2017	2017-10-14	Tennessee	3	5	UTN	30	Jarrett Guarantano sacked for loss of 12 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by Guarantano at UT 18

Defense - Tackles For Loss
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2016	2016-09-24	Kentucky	1	10	USC	12	Benny Snell rush for loss of 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-09	Georgia	1	10	USC	46	Sony Michel rush for loss of 2 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-12-29	South Florida	1	10	USF	23	Marlon Mack rush for loss of 2 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	25	Reggie Gallaspy rush for loss of 2 (Dante Sawyer, Keir Thomas)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	2	7	UKY	37	Benny Snell rush for loss of 1 (DJ Wonnum, Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-10-07	Arkansas	3	1	ARK	45	Devwah Whaley rush for loss of 2 (Dante Sawyer)

Defense - Passes Broken Up
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	49	Joshua Dobbs pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-09-10	Mississippi State	4	3	USC	3	Nick Fitzgerald pass for Fred Ross incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-09-17	East Carolina	3	17	USC	32	Phillip Nelson pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-10-14	Tennessee	3	9	UTN	32	Jarrett Guarantano pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-10-28	Vanderbilt	1	10	USC	46	Kyle Shurmur pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-10-28	Vanderbilt	1	10	USC	21	Kyle Shurmur pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2018-01-01	Michigan	3	4	USC	43	Brandon Peters pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2018-01-01	Michigan	3	1	MIC	40	Brandon Peters pass incomplete (Dante Sawyer)

Defensive Plays
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2015	2015-09-03	North Carolina	1	9	USC	9	T.J. Logan rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-09-12	Kentucky	3	6	USC	48	Stanley Williams rush for 17 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-09-12	Kentucky	3	16	UKY	19	Jeff Badet, 4-yd pass from Patrick Towles (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-09-19	Georgia	1	10	USC	26	Nick Chubb rush for 4 (Cedrick Cooper, Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-09-19	Georgia	1	10	USC	47	Nick Chubb rush for 8 (Jordan Diggs, Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-10-03	Missouri	1	10	USC	39	Ish Witter rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-10-03	Missouri	2	3	USC	3	Ish Witter rush for 2 (Marquavius Lewis, Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-10-31	Texas A&M	3	6	USC	11	Kyler Murray rush for 4 (Skai Moore, Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	3	10	USC	43	Joshua Dobbs rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	3	7	USC	43	Joshua Dobbs rush for 6 (Dante Sawyer, Skai Moore)
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	2	17	USC	34	Jalen Hurd rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	2	10	UTN	25	Jalen Hurd rush for no gain (Gerald Dixon, Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-11-07	Tennessee	1	10	USC	15	Jalen Hurd rush for 3 (Dante Sawyer)
2015	2015-11-14	Florida	2	10	USC	26	B.Powell rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer, Skai Moore)
2015	2015-11-28	Clemson	2	2	CLM	45	Deshaun Watson rush for loss of 4, fumble, recovered by (Dante Sawyer) at SC 40, returned 1 yard
2016	2016-09-01	Vanderbilt	2	9	VAN	8	Ralph Webb rush for no gain (DJ Wonnum, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-09-10	Mississippi State	3	15	MST	48	Nick Fitzgerald rush for 15 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-09-17	East Carolina	2	3	ECU	41	Phillip Nelson sacked for loss of 10 (Chris Lammons), fumble, recovered by (Dante Sawyer) at ECU 29
2016	2016-09-24	Kentucky	2	9	UKY	30	Benny Snell rush for 2 (Jonathan Walton, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-09	Georgia	1	10	UGA	17	Nick Chubb rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-22	Massachusetts	2	1	USC	45	Sekai Lindsey rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-22	Massachusetts	2	15	UMA	20	Marquis Young rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-29	Tennessee	3	1	UTN	31	John Kelly rush for 2 (D.J. Wonnum, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-10-29	Tennessee	1	10		50	John Kelly rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-05	Missouri	2	13	USC	34	Kendall Blanton, 8-yd pass from Drew Lock (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	3	8		50	Tyrie Adams rush for 11 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	1	10	USC	49	Connell Young rush for 2 (Dante Sawyer, Keir Thomas)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	1	10	WCU	32	Detrez Newsome rush for 6(DJ Smith, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	3	1	USC	1	Detrez Newsome rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	1	10	USC	18	Tyrie Adams rush for 10 (Jonathan Walton, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-19	Western Carolina	3	9	WCU	23	Tyrie Adams rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-26	Clemson	2	2	USC	39	Deshaun Watson rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-11-26	Clemson	1	10	CLM	32	Tyshon Dye rush for 4 (TJ Holloman, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-12-29	South Florida	1	10	USC	46	Marlon Mack rush for 3 (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-12-29	South Florida	1	10	USF	38	D.Johnson rush for 2 (Chris Lammons, Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-12-29	South Florida	1	10	USF	32	D.Johnson rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2016	2016-12-29	South Florida	3	2	USF	39	Quinton Flowers rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	2	10	NCS	40	Nyheim Hines rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer, Taylor Stallworth)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	1	10	USC	17	Nyheim Hines rush for 4 (Skai Moore, Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	3	20	NCS	28	Stephen Louis, 9-yd pass from Ryan Finley, fumble, forced by (Dante Sawyer) recovered by (Rashad Fenton)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	3	10	NCS	33	Ryan Finley sacked for loss of 18 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by (Bryson Allen-Williams) at NCS 13
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	1	10	USC	46	Nyheim Hines rush for 6 (DJ Wonnum, Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-02	N.C. State	2	10	USC	40	Jaylen Samuels, 5-yd pass from Ryan Finley (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-09	Missouri	2	4	UMO	26	Damarea Crockett rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-09	Missouri	2	5	UMO	36	Damarea Crockett rush for 3 (Dante Sawyer, Skai Moore)
2017	2017-09-09	Missouri	2	10	USC	14	Ish Witter rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	2	1	UKY	34	Lynn Bowden rush for 6 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	2	10	USC	43	Benny Snell rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	2	9	UKY	20	Benny Snell rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	2	8	USC	9	Benny Snell rush for no gain (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-09-16	Kentucky	1	10	UKY	1	Stephen Johnson rush for 1 (Taylor Stallworth, Dante Sawyer) - UK unsportsmanlike conduct (Logan Stenberg)
2017	2017-09-30	Texas A&M	3	6	TAM	36	Keith Ford rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-10-07	Arkansas	2	8	USC	24	Austin Allen sacked for loss of 8 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by TJ Brunson, returned 73 yards, touchdown
2017	2017-10-14	Tennessee	3	5	UTN	30	Jarrett Guarantano sacked for loss of 12 (Dante Sawyer), fumble, recovered by Guarantano at UT 18
2017	2017-10-28	Vanderbilt	1	10	VAN	47	Dallas Rivers rush for 2 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	2	6	USC	39	Terry Godwin, 22-yd pass from Jake Fromm (Dante Sawyer, Chris Lammons)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	4	1	USC	34	Christian Payne rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	2	1	USC	25	Sony Michel rush for 2 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	1	10	USC	11	D'Andre Swift rush for 1 (DJ Wonnum, Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	1	10	UGA	9	Nick Chubb rush for 4 (Chris Lammons, Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-04	Georgia	2	3	USC	35	Sony Michel rush for 5 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2017-11-18	Wofford	2	8	WOF	27	Joe Newman rush for 8, fumble, forced by (Dante Sawyer), recovered by (TJ Brunson)
2017	2017-11-25	Clemson	1	10	USC	29	Adam Choice rush for 4 (Dante Sawyer)
2017	2018-01-01	Michigan	2	2	MIC	22	Karan Higdon rush for 1 (Dante Sawyer, DJ Wonnum)