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Dante Stills #55 DL

  • Position:
    Defensive Line
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    285
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Fairmont, W.Va.
  • High School:
    Fairmont Senior
  • Instagram:
    _dantestills
  • Twitter:
    dstills55

Summary

Biography

  • Has played in a school-record 59 career games, including 37 starts
  • No. 1 in program history in career tackles for loss (52.5) and No. 4 in sacks (23.5)

2022 (Sr.)

  • All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele)
  • Started all 12 games
  • Finished with 26 tackles, including 13 solo stops, 4.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss
  • Three-tackle day against Oklahoma included a sack and a forced fumble
  • Broke the school record for career games played at Iowa State; finished the game with five tackles, including a sack and a career-high three tackles for loss
  • Broke the school record for career tackles for loss against TCU with his TFL in the second quarter
  • WVU Special Teams Player of the Week: Baylor
  • Made four tackles and tied the program record for career tackles for loss, with one against Baylor
  • Also blocked an extra point against the Bears
  • Made his 30th career start and assisted on a pair of tackles at Texas
  • Notched a sack against Towson
  • Tallied six tackles, including two tackles for loss (1.5 sacks), and a forced fumble at Pitt

2021 (Jr.)

  • All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele)
  • His 15 tackles for loss in 2021 are tied for No. 10 in single-season team history
  • Played in 13 games and started 12 at defensive tackle
  • Finished with 36 tackles, including 29 solo stops, seven sacks, 15 tackles for loss, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one interception
  • Recorded at least one tackle for loss in 10 of 13 games
  • Finished at No. 4 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss (1.15)
  • Ranked No. 10 in the Big 12 in sacks (0.54)
  • Had four tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack, against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl
  • Had 1.5 tackles for loss against Texas
  • Tied his season best with four tackles at Kansas State, including the 100th of his career
  • Had two total tackles against Oklahoma State, one of them for loss
  • Also tallied his first career interception against the Cowboys
  • Finished with four tackles against Iowa State, including a sack and forced fumble
  • Had two tackle for loss and a sack as part of a four-tackle night at TCU
  • Registered a tackle for loss as one of his two tackles at Baylor
  • Had a pair of sacks against Texas Tech; finished with four total tackles and three tackles for loss on the day
  • Lone tackle at Oklahoma was a sack
  • Tallied a tackle for loss against LIU
  • Opened the season with three tackles, including a sack, at Maryland

2020 (COVID)

  • Started all 10 games at defensive end
  • Saw action on 506 defensive snaps and 42 special teams plays
  • Season-high 78 plays against Baylor, including 71 defensive snaps
  • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus, Phil Steele)
  • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP)
  • Pro Football Focus Honorable Mention All-America
  • Tied for No. 11 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss (10.5)
  • Had at least a share of a tackle for loss in nine of 10 games
  • Finished with 35 tackles, including 15 solo stops, one fumble recovery, a blocked kick and two pass breakups
  • Capped season with four tackles, including two TFLs against Army in the Liberty Bowl
  • Made four tackles at Iowa State
  • Tallied a TFL against TCU
  • Totaled three tackles at Texas with a shared TFL and a pass breakup
  • Recorded a sack as part of a three-tackle day against Kansas State
  • Big day at Texas Tech included a career-high seven tackles, including two TFLs and a sack
  • Also tallied his first career fumble recovery against the Red Raiders
  • Assisted on three tackles against Kansas and shared a TFL
  • Tallied a TFL to go with three tackles against Baylor; also blocked a field goal
  • Finished with four tackles and a TFL at Oklahoma State
  • Made three tackles against Eastern Kentucky, including 1.5 TFLs

2019 (So.)

  • Earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors (coaches)
  • Played in 12 games at defensive end and started three
  • Saw action in 487 plays, including 447 defensive snaps
  • Used on 30 or more plays in 11 games, including a season-high 61 plays against NC State
  • Tied for the WVU lead with seven sacks and was second in tackles for loss with 11.5
  • Finished the season with 24 tackles, including 14 solos stops, a forced fumble and a pass breakup
  • Tied for No. 4 in the Big 12 in sacks per game (0.58)
  • Also ranks No. 10 in the league in tackles for loss per game (0.96)
  • Team leader in career sacks (10)
  • Also tied for the team lead in career tackles for loss (18.0)
  • Posted his seventh sack of the season against Oklahoma State
  • Registered two tackles, including one tackle for loss, at Kansas State
  • Finished with three tackles and tied his career high in sacks (2) at Baylor
  • Had three tackles at Kansas, including a sack and forced fumble
  • Registered three tackles, including two sacks, against NC State in his first career start
  • Defensive Player of the Week - NC State
  • Recorded three tackles at Missouri, including 1.5 tackles for loss
  • Led WVU with two tackles for loss, including a sack, against James Madison; finished with three tackles

2018 (Fr.)

  • The Athletic Freshman All-America
  • ESPN.com Freshman All-America
  • Registered 16 tackles for the year, including 13 solo stops, three sacks, six tackles for loss and two forced fumbles
  • Tied for the team lead in forced fumbles (2)
  • Ranked No. 3 on the WVU defense in sacks (3)
  • Finished with a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
  • Notched one assisted stop and assisted on a tackle for loss against Oklahoma
  • Tallied two solo stops and set a career high in tackles for loss (2) vs. TCU
  • Recorded one solo stop vs. Texas
  • Set career highs in solo tackles (3) and total tackles (3) against Baylor
  • Registered two total tackles against Iowa State, including a solo stop and a TFL
  • Tallied two solo stops against Kansas
  • Finished with two tackles, including one for loss, a sack and a forced fumble against Youngstown State
  • Made career debut as a true freshman vs. Tennessee

High School

  • Three-time Class AA All-State performer for coach Nick Bartic and J.L. Abbott at Fairmont Senior High School
  • Named defensive captain and a first-team selection of the 2017 West Virginia AA All-State team
  • Also a first-team All-State selection as a junior and a second team All-State selection as a sophomore
  • Named a 2017 Under Armour All-American
  • Led the Polar Bears to consecutive state runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2017
  • Team finished 12-2 overall and 8-0 in its conference in 2017
  • Collected 81 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a senior
  • As a junior, he collected 75 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 quarterback sacks
  • Four-time member of the Times West Virginian All-Area football team
  • Ranked as the state’s No. 1 prospect by ESPN, rivals and 247Sports

Personal

  • Son of Gary Stills and Janeen Floyd
  • One of three children
  • Brother, Darius, was a Consensus All-American and All-Big 12 defensive lineman at  WVU
  • Father was an All-Big East linebacker at WVU for Hall of Fame coach Don Nehlen, before enjoying a successful pro career with the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams
  • Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 55

    2018Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 289 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 295 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2020Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 280 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2021Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 280 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2022Fifth Year

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 285 lbs
    55
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