Safety, West Virginia, 2012–⁠15

K.J. Dillon

Number: No. 9
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Apopka, FL
Born: May 11, 1994, in Apopka, Florida

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K.J. Dillon played safety at West Virginia (2012–⁠15). The Houston Texans took Dillon in round 5, No. 159 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2014	West Virginia	3
2015	West Virginia	2
Career		5

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2015	West Virginia	2	26	0	8	50	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	PBU	FF
2012	13	14	6	20	0	–	1
2013	9	23	5	28	3	6	0
On file		37	11	48	3	–	1

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	West Virginia	9	S
2013	West Virginia	9	S
2014	West Virginia	9	S
2015	West Virginia	9	S	6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 West Virginia 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 26	vs.Maryland	W 45–⁠6	1	2	26	1
Nov 28	vs.Iowa State	W 30–⁠6	1	–	–	–

2014 West Virginia 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR
Oct 11	atTexas Tech	W 37–⁠34	1	–	–	–
Nov 1	vs.TCU	L 30–⁠31	1	–	–	–
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	L 37–⁠45	1	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠27).

Drill	Combine 2016	Combine or pro day 2016
Height	6′0⅜″
Weight	210 lb
Arm length	31⅝″
Hand size	9⅝″
40-yard dash	4.53 s
10-yard split		1.50 s^W
Vertical jump		28″
Broad jump	10′1″
Bench press	11 reps
3-cone drill		7.27 s
20-yard shuttle		4.43 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2016	Houston Texans	2	5	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2019	AAF	Arizona Hotshots *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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