Dylan Stewart

2025 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches) 2025 Third-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele) 2025 Third-Team All-SEC (PFSN College) 2025 Honorable Mention All-America (Phil Steele) 2025 Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 2024 Honorable Mention All-America (College Football Nation) 2024 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Finalist 2024 Freshman All-America (FWAA) 2024 True Freshman All-America (On3.com, 247Sports) 2024 First-Team All-SEC (College Football Nation) 2024 Freshman All-SEC (Coaches) 2024 SEC Defensive Newcomer of the Year (College Football Nation) 2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll Highly-touted Edge rusher who is regarded as one of the nation’s best… owns a very quick first step… explosive with a strong lower body… has a chance to be elite… was a unanimous Freshman All-American, Freshman All-SEC selection and a finalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award in 2024… owns 22.5 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks among his 56 career tackles with a dozen quarterback hurries in 24 games, 22 as a starter. 2025 (Sophomore) Earned second-team All-SEC honors from the league’s 16 coaches and was a third-team pick by Phil Steele and PFSN College… Steele also ranked him as an honorable mention All-American… started all 11 games in which he appeared, missing only the Coastal Carolina game due to injury… totaled 33 tackles… paced the team with 12.0 tackles for loss and was second on the squad with 4.5 sacks… credited with eight quarterback hurries and two pass breakups… forced three fumbles, tying for third in the SEC… posted a career-high seven tackles with 1.5 TFLs and a sack in the season-opener against Virginia Tech… starred against Kentucky when he logged five tackles including 2.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks while forcing a pair of fumbles… also had five stops with two hurries at LSU… recorded a strip sack at LSU that resulted in a Nick Barrett scoop-and-score… named the 2025 Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring. 2024 (Freshman) Enrolled at South Carolina and went through spring drills… was a unanimous Freshman All-American, Freshman All-SEC selection and a finalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award… appeared in all 13 games starting 11 as a true freshman… credited with 23 tackles with 10.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks… also had four quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pass breakup… his 6.5 sacks ranked third among all FBS freshmen and was just shy of Jadeveon Clowney’s freshman record of 8.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss… made an immediate impact in the season opener against Old Dominion… earned Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Week, 247Sports True Freshman of the Week and was the SEC co-Defensive Lineman of the Week for his efforts against the Monarchs when he recorded four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks… added four tackles with a career-best 3.0 TFLs and a sack against Ole Miss… earned Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Week honors for a second time after posting a pair of tackles including a sack against Texas A&M… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and the 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington, D.C. in December 2023… Edge rusher who was the highest-ranked prospect in the’ signing class… lined up all over the front seven on defense… led the Knights to an 11-2 mark as a senior… coached by Michael Hunter… served as a team captain… selected as an Under Armour All-American and named a team captain for the game… logged 16 sacks as a junior in 2022 and helped his team win a DCSAA Class AA state championship… named All-Metro by the Washington Post and received DCSAA Class AA all-state honors after his junior year. PERSONAL Dylan DeSean Stewart was born Sept. 14, 2005… is a political science major.