Adam Dansdill

OLBSeasons 2012–2015 (4)Games 406'0" · 217 lbsHometown Wheaton, Ill.High school Wheaton-Warrenville South

All-American 2014-15

Player of the Week · 2013All-American · 2014First Team All-CCIW · 2014CCIW Player of the Year · 2014All-Region · 2014All-American · 2015First Team All-CCIW · 2015CCIW Player of the Year · 2015All-Region · 2015Player of the Week · 2015

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Tackles

318

6.0 sacks · 27.0 TFL · 4 INT

Points

3 TD

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1999–2025

1st Total Tackles · career · 318 1st Total Tackles · 2014 · 133 2nd Solo Tackles · career · 163 3rd Interception Return TDs · career · 2 4th Punt Return TDs · career · 1 4th Solo Tackles · 2014 · 65 4th Punt Return TDs · 2013 · 1 5th Interception Return TDs · 2012 · 1 6th Blocked Kicks · career · 2 10th Forced Fumbles · career · 3

Biography

From the official athletics bio

Career: Finishes his career with 318 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, six sacks, 22 pass breakups, four interceptions including two returned for touchdowns, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two blocked kicks...only the fifth player in league history to win the CCIW Defensive Player of the Year award twice.

2012: Appeared in six games for the Thunder, recording 13 tackles...made five tackles and returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown in a 53-7 victory over Luther on Sept. 15.

2013: First Team CCIW All-Conference...CCIW Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 14...had 57 tackles on the season... recorded five tackles and a forced fumble in the win at Benedictine on Sept. 7...had seven tackles and an interception in a win at Millikin on Nov. 2... returned a punt for a touchdown at North Park on Nov. 16.

2014: Second Team All-American selection from D3football.com...earened postseason recognition from USA Football...D3football.com First Team All-North Region honoree...CCIW Defensive Player of the Year...First Team All-CCIW...CCIW Defensive Player of the week on Sept. 15 and Nov. 17...recorded 133 tackles including seven tackles for loss and one sack...had one forced fumble, one interception, one blocked kick and 11 pass breakups...had 19 tackles and two pass breakups against UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 20...recorded 11 tackles with an interception at Carthage on Nov. 15...15 tackles including 12 solo stops and one sack at Kalamazoo on Sept. 13.

2015: AFCA All-American...D3football.com First Team All-American and First Team All-North Region selection...CCIW Defensive Player of the Year...First Team All-CCIW...named to D3football.com Team of the Week on Nov. 10...CCIW Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14 and Oct. 26...tallied 115 tackles including 14 tackles for loss and three sacks...forced a fumble, intercepted one pass and had five pass breakups...recorded a season-high 16 tackles against UW-Whitewater in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs...returned an interception for a touchdown and recorded a sack in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs against Lakeland...had 12 tackles including 2.5 for loss against North Central on Oct. 24.

High school: Two-year varsity starter.

Major: Engineering

Season by Season

All-Purpose Yards

Season ▴	G	PR	IR	Yds	Yds/G
2012	6	0	70	70	11.7
2013	10	26	0	26	2.6
2014	12	0	6	6	0.5
2015	12	0	35	35	2.9
Career	40	26	111	137	3.4

Scoring

Season ▴	TD	Pts
2012	1	6
2013	1	6
2015	1	6
Career	3	18

Defense

Season ▴	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
2012	6	8	5	13	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013	10	35	22	57	6.0	2.0	1	2	5	1	1	1
2014	12	65	68	133	7.0	1.0	1	11	1	1	0	1
2015	12	55	60	115	14.0	3.0	1	5	3	1	0	0
Career	40	163	155	318	27.0	6.0	4	18	9	3	1	2

Interceptions

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2012	1	70	70.0	1	70
2013	1	0	0.0	0	0
2014	1	6	6.0	0	6
2015	1	35	35.0	1	35
Career	4	111	27.8	2	70

Punt Returns

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2013	1	26	26.0	1	0

Game Logs

From box scores, 1999–2025

Date ▴	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
Aug 30, 2012	Benedictine University	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 8, 2012	Albion College	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	2	3	5	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 10, 2012	North Park University	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 7, 2013	Benedictine University	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 5, 2013	Augustana College (IL)	1	1	2	0.5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 12, 2013	Carthage College	5	1	6	2.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 19, 2013	Elmhurst University	6	3	9	0.0	0.0	0	1	2	0	0	0
Oct 26, 2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	4	5	9	1.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 2, 2013	Millikin University	6	1	7	2.0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 9, 2013	North Central College	7	7	14	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	5	5	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 13, 2014	Kalamazoo College	12	3	15	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	9	10	19	1.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 4, 2014	North Park University	3	10	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	7	5	12	1.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	2	11	13	0.5	0.0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	1	7	8	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 1, 2014	Elmhurst University	1	6	7	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 8, 2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	3	4	7	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 15, 2014	Carthage College	11	0	11	1.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 22, 2014	Benedictine University	5	3	8	1.5	0.0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 29, 2014	John Carroll University	6	4	10	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Sep 5, 2015	Coe College	8	2	10	2.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 12, 2015	Adrian College	6	5	11	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sep 19, 2015	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	5	4	9	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 3, 2015	North Park University	3	7	10	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 10, 2015	Augustana College (IL)	0	6	6	0.5	0.0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Oct 17, 2015	Millikin University	1	7	8	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 24, 2015	North Central College	7	5	12	2.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 31, 2015	Elmhurst University	6	2	8	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 7, 2015	Illinois Wesleyan University	7	4	11	3.5	1.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 14, 2015	Carthage College	4	8	12	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 21, 2015	Lakeland University	1	1	2	1.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 28, 2015	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	7	9	16	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	Long
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	1	70	70
Nov 15, 2014	Carthage College	1	6	6
Nov 21, 2015	Lakeland University	1	35	35

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	0	0	1	—

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	1	26	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	1	0	0	0	6

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2012	44	OLB	Freshman	5'11"	194 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton-Warrenville South
2013	44	OLB	Sophomore	6'0"	207 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton-Warrenville South
2014	44	LB	Junior	6'0"	215 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton-Warrenville South
2015	44	LB	Senior	6'0"	217 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton-Warrenville South