Dallas McRae, Wheaton College football
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Dallas McRae

DLSeasons 2017–2021 (4)Games 446'0" · 262 lbsHometown Crown Point, Ind.High school Diamond Ranch Academy / Southern Utah
All-American 2019, 2021
Second Team All-CCIW · 2018All-American · 2019CCIW Player of the Year · 2019Player of the Week · 2019All-American · 2021CCIW Player of the Year · 2021All-Region · 2021
Tackles
168
25.0 sacks · 51.5 TFL · 0 INT

Biography

From the official athletics bio

2017: Appeared in nine games in his first season with the Thunder after transferring from Southern Utah University...had 24 tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks...had four tackles and 0.5 sacks against North Park on Oct. 21...had season-high seven tackles at Kalamazoo on Sept. 9.

2018: Second Team All-CCIW selection...started all 10 games, tallying 41 tackles including 8.5 tackles for loss and five sacks...had a career-high nine tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks at WashU on Oct. 13...had seven tackles including two sacks against Elmhurst on Nov. 10.

2019: D3football.com National Defensive Player of the Year...D3football.com North Region Defensive Player of the Year and CCIW Defensive Player of the Year...named 1st Team All-American by D3football.com, AFCA, and Associated Press...D3football.com Team of the Week on Sept. 10, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22...CCIW Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21...started all 13 games with 52 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks to go with a forced fumble and a pass break-up...had four tackles including three tackles for loss and two sacks in a Quarterfinal loss to Saint John's on Dec. 7...had four tackles including two sacks in a victory Norht Central on Oct. 5...led Wheaton with nine tackles including two tackles for loss in season-opening victory at Monmouth on Sept. 7.

2021: AFCA & AP All-American first team honoree, D3football.com All-Region Defensive Player of the Year, All-Region first team member, CCIW Defensive Player of the Year, first team All-Conference, D3football.com team of the week member, recorded 13 sacks in 2021 season (fourth-most in a single season in program history), fifth place on Wheaton's career sack list with 26.5

High school: Three-year varsity starter...First Team All-State...team captain.

Major: Business/Economics

Season by Season

Defense

Season ▴GPSoloAstTotTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFFFRBlk
201791212242.50.5002000
2018102516418.55.0003000
20191336165218.58.5018110
20211237145122.011.0058000
Career441105816851.525.00621110

Game Logs

From box scores, 1999–2025
Date ▴OpponentSoloAstTotTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFFFRBlk
Sep 2, 2017Benedictine University1120.00.0000000
Sep 9, 2017Kalamazoo College3471.00.0000000
Sep 16, 2017Carthage College1120.00.0001000
Sep 23, 2017Elmhurst University1010.00.0000000
Oct 16, 2017North Central College4151.00.0000000
Oct 21, 2017North Park University0440.50.5000000
Nov 4, 2017Augustana College (IL)1120.00.0001000
Nov 11, 2017Carroll University1010.00.0000000
Sep 15, 2018Illinois Wesleyan University1120.50.5000000
Sep 22, 2018Millikin University3031.00.0000000
Sep 29, 2018North Central College4150.00.0000000
Oct 6, 2018North Park University0220.00.0001000
Oct 13, 2018WashU4592.51.5000000
Oct 20, 2018Augustana College (IL)2350.50.0000000
Oct 27, 2018Carroll University0110.00.0001000
Nov 3, 2018Carthage College5050.00.0000000
Nov 10, 2018Elmhurst University4372.02.0000000
Sep 7, 2019Monmouth College5492.00.0010000
Sep 21, 2019Illinois Wesleyan University1451.01.0002000
Sep 28, 2019Millikin University2130.00.0000000
Oct 5, 2019North Central College4042.02.0000000
Oct 12, 2019North Park University4044.00.0001000
Oct 19, 2019WashU4043.02.0000110
Oct 26, 2019Augustana College (IL)5381.50.5002000
Nov 2, 2019Carroll University1230.00.0000000
Nov 9, 2019Carthage College1011.00.0002000
Nov 16, 2019Elmhurst University1121.01.0000000
Nov 23, 2019Martin Luther College3250.00.0000000
Nov 30, 2019Central College1010.00.0001000
Dec 7, 2019Saint John's University4043.02.0000000
Sep 4, 2021University of Northwestern (MN)2242.00.0000000
Sep 18, 2021North Central College6172.01.0000000
Sep 25, 2021North Park University0110.00.0002000
Oct 2, 2021WashU3032.01.0010000
Oct 9, 2021Augustana College (IL)4151.50.5000000
Oct 16, 2021Carroll University2021.00.0012000
Oct 23, 2021Carthage College2130.50.0001000
Oct 30, 2021Elmhurst University5385.01.5010000
Nov 6, 2021Illinois Wesleyan University2241.01.0000000
Nov 13, 2021Millikin University4153.02.0001000
Nov 20, 2021Aurora University1121.01.0020000
Nov 27, 2021Central College6173.03.0002000

Roster History

Season#PosClassHtWtHometownHigh School
201754DLSophomore6'0"217 lbsCrown Point, Ind.Diamond Ranch Academy / Southern Utah
201854DLJunior6'0"268 lbsCrown Point, Ind.Diamond Ranch Academy / Southern Utah
201954DLSenior6'0"261 lbsCrown Point, Ind.Diamond Ranch Academy / Southern Utah
202154DLSenior6'0"262 lbsCrown Point, Ind.Diamond Ranch Academy / Southern Utah