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Dante Trader Jr.

Maryland · Safety · 2021-24

TKL
186
INT
5
PD
15

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2024, Trader recorded 186 tackles and 2 tackles for loss. From 2022 to 2024, Trader also had 5 interceptions.

Trader was the No. 155 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 68 overall, the 10th-highest safety rating at Maryland since 1990 and No. 143 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 155 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Dante Trader Jr. season-by-season statistics at Maryland
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
202116110
2022580.532
2023530.572
202459041
Total1862155

Seasons with tracked stats at Maryland. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Maryland Teammates

  1. 74Tai Felton2021-24WR
  2. 72Deonte Banks2019-22CB
  3. 71Beau Brade2020-23S
  4. 71Jakorian Bennett2020-22CB
  5. 70Tarheeb Still2020-23CB
  6. 70Taulia Tagovailoa2020-23QB
  7. 70Nick Cross2019-21S
  8. 69Jeshaun Jones2018-23WR
  9. 69Roman Hemby2021-24RB
  10. 69Rakim Jarrett2020-22WR

Full Maryland all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Dante Trader Jr.) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.