Dillon Tatum

2024 (at Michigan State): Played in the season opener vs. Florida Atlantic recording three tackles while playing 21 snaps before sustaining a season-ending injury … Redshirted … Represented Michigan State at the 2024 Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. 2023 (at Michigan State): Played in the first nine games of the season, including eight starts at cornerback, but missed the final three games due to an injury … Ranked seventh on the team with 45 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss (8 yards) … Led the team and tied for 12th in the Big Ten with seven pass break-ups … Played a total of 545 snaps on defense and made 107 appearances on special teams units … Played every snap in two games (Minnesota and Rutgers), while playing all but two snaps in two games (Michigan, Maryland) and all but three snaps in one game (Nebraska) … Posted five tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup in the season opener against Central Michigan (9/1) … Had four tackles in a win against Richmond (9/9) … Recorded six tackles against Washington (9/16) … Registered a career-high 11 tackles against Maryland (9/23), his first time reaching double-digit tackles in his career … Also had one pasbreakup and one quarterback hurry … Tallied three tackles and one pass breakup against at Iowa (9/30) … Against Michigan (10/21), posted five stops and one pass breakup in playing 71 of the 72 defensive snaps … Played all 74 defensive snaps at Minnesota (10/28), notching four stops and one pass break-up … Logged career highs with two pass breakups and and 2.0 tackles for loss, while also posting six tackles in win over Nebaska (11/4). 2022 (at Michigan State): Played in all 12 games as a true freshman to earn his first letter … Logged a total of 118 snaps on defense … Appeared on 144 plays on special teams, fifth most on the team and most among Spartan true freshmen … Recorded 14 tackles (11 solo, three assists) … Had three tackles on kickoff coverage … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Western Michigan (9/2) … Had two tackles, the first tackles of his collegiate career, in a win over Akron (9/10) … Registered a season-high six tackles in a double-overtime win over Wisconsin (10/15) … Tallied four tackles while playing a season-high 72 snaps in a starting assignment at cornerback in the regular-season finale at Penn State (11/26). High School: Rated as a consensus four-star prospect (247Sports, ESPN.com, Rivals.com) … Rated one of the top 300 players in the nation by ESPN.com (No. 253) and 247Sports (No. 263) … Ranked one of the top overall prospects in the state of Michigan by ESPN.com (No. 4), Rivals.com (No. 7) and 247Sports (No. 9) … Attended West Bloomfield High School in West Bloomfield, Mich. … Named to The Detroit News Dream Team and the Detroit Free Press.