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Defensive back, Oregon (from Purdue), 2023–25
Dillon Thieneman
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2025)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Westfield, IN
- Born
- Aug 8, 2004
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Dillon Thieneman played defensive back at Purdue (2023–24) and Oregon (2025). The Chicago Bears took Thieneman in the first round, No. 25 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14tackles, career hightwice; last at Oregon State, 20242interceptions, career highvs. Indiana, 2023Honors
All-America: AP second team 2025; ESPN 2025; The Athletic 2025
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Purdue | 9 | 67 | 0 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2025 Oregon 15 games, 92 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Montana State | W 59–13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 69–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | at Northwestern | W 34–14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Oregon State | W 41–7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Penn State | W 30–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Indiana | L 20–30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Rutgers | W 56–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Wisconsin | W 21–7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 8 | at Iowa | W 18–16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Minnesota | W 42–13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 22 | vs. USC | W 42–27 | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Washington | W 26–14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. James Madison | W 51–34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Texas Tech | W 23–0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs.Indiana | L 22–56 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Purdue 12 games, 104 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Indiana State | W 49–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Notre Dame | L 7–66 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | atOregon State | L 21–38 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Nebraska | L 10–28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | atWisconsin | L 6–52 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | at Illinois | L 49–50 | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Oregon | L 0–35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Northwestern | L 20–26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | at Ohio State | L 0–45 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Penn State | L 10–49 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Michigan State | L 17–24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | atIndiana | L 0–66 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 Purdue 12 games, 106 tackles, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Fresno State | L 35–39 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Virginia Tech | W 24–17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Syracuse | L 20–35 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.Wisconsin | L 17–38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Illinois | W 44–19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | atIowa | L 14–20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Ohio State | L 7–41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atNebraska | L 14–31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Michigan | L 13–41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Minnesota | W 49–30 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atNorthwestern | L 15–23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Indiana | W 35–31 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅛″ |
| Weight | 201 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 78⅛″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.35 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 s |
| Vertical jump | 41″ |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ |
| Bench press | 18 reps |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Chicago Bears | 5 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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