Dion Villiers

Total Tackles: 8 at Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 31, 2024) Solo Tackles: 6 at Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 31, 2024); at North Dakota State (Sept. 7, 2024); vs. Charleston Southern (Sept. 28, 2024) Assisted Tackles: 2 at Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 31, 2024); PBU: 2 vs. Southeast Missouri State (Nov. 23, 2024) Career Statistics (2022, 2023, 2024 at Tennessee State 2025 at Florida A&M) Year GP TT UT AT TFL Sacks INT QBH PBU 2022 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023 7 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2024 13 49 38 11 1.5 0 0 0 4 2025 9 13 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 69 50 20 1.5 0 0 0 5 A talented and experienced safety who has played in four collegiate seasons and in 31 career games…will play for head coach Quinn Gray for the fist time in 2025 and for his second season at Florida A&M…a career-year in 2024 at Tennessee State with 49 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for minus yardage, and four passes broken up. Totaled 13 tackles (five solo and eight assisted) in nine games during his first season at Florida A&M…season-high two tackles in five different games: at Florida Atlantic (Sept. 6), at Albany State (Sept.13), against Alabama State (Sept. 27), against N.C. Central (Oct 11), and at Southern (Oct. 25)…single solo tackles came in five different games: vs. Howard (Aug. 30), at Florida Atlantic, against Albany State, against N.C. Central, and at Southern…a fumble recovery came against Albany State. A member of the team at Tennessee State for the third consecutive season and played in a career-high 13 games…finished sixth on the team with a career 49 total tackles…his tackle total included a career-high 38 solo tackles and a career-high 11 assisted tackles…recorded his first career tackle for minus yardage and in the Tigers' season-opener against Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 31) and against Charleston Southern (Sept. 28)…multiple tackles I 10 of 13 games…his career-high of eight tackles came in the season-opener against Mississippi Valley State…his career-high of eight tackles against the Delta Devils including a career-high six solo tackles…totaled seven tackles against North Dakota State (Sept. 7) and at home against Charleton Southern…six stops (five solo tackles came at Western Illinois (Nov. 9)…earned five tackles at Tennessee Tech (Sept. 21) and against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 12)…a career-high four passes in the most productive season of his career…his career-high of two passes broken up came against Southeast Missouri State (Nov. 23)…one pass broken up in back-to-back games against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 12) and at Howard (Oct. 19)… first career forced fumble came at North Dakota State. A member of the team at Tennessee Tech who played in seven games…two tackles came at Notre Dame (Sept. 2) and at UT Martin (Sept. 30) in his first two appearances of the season…season-high two solo stops against Notre Dame and UT Martin…also a unassisted tackle against Lindenwood (Oct 28)…first career pass broken up against Lincoln (Oct. 21). A member of the team at Tennessee State who played in two games before earning a redshirt season…contributed in two games on special teams early in the season before utilizing the season as a redshirt year...saw action against Middle Tennessee (9/17) as he recorded one tackle....also saw playing time against Bethune (10/8). Graduated from Lake Gibson High School in 2022…an all-around athlete who played on offense at the wide receiver position and on defense at the cornerback and safety positions…a member of the track team (sprints, relays, and competed in the long jump).