Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
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Dunnigan, Quindarius

Jersey Number 97
Quindarius Dunnigan
- Position:
- DE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chattanooga, TN
- High School:
- McCallie
Bio
Honors
• 2023: Second Team All-CUSA
• 2022: Named the CUSA Defensive Player of the Week on 9/ 12 and the TSWA Player of the Week on 9/13
2023 (r-Junior)
• Played in 12 games and had 11 starts
• Ended the season with a career-best 35 tackles, including a team-high 10.0 TFLs, three sacks, eight pass breakups and five hurries
• His eight pass breakups tied for third most in CUSA and was first nationally among defensive linemen
• Was the team’s Defensive Lineman of the Week twice and Defensive Player of the Week once
• Led all defensive linemen with 56 snaps played per game
• Registered four tackles in opener at Alabama
• Had five stops, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack at Missouri
• Turned in 1.5 TFLs against Murray State
• Collected four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and a hurry against Colorado State
• Had two pass breakups at WKU
• Against Jax State he added three tackles, including a TFL and a career-best three pass breakups
• Had two tackles and a pass breakup before leaving the game with a targeting foul in the second half
• Finished with seven stops (6 solos) against Liberty in just one half of play
• Had three tackles, including a sack at NMSU to go with a pass breakup
• Turned in a sack and 1.5 TFLs in win over FIU
2022 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in 12 games and had two starts
• Finished the season with 27 total stops, including 7.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks
• In his first career start, Dunnigan added six tackles, including 3.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks to go with a pass breakup at Colorado State
• Collected four solo tackles, including a TFL in win over Miami
• Had three stops in win over Charlotte
• Had three solo tackles, including 2.0 TFLs in bowl win over SDSU
2021 (r-Freshman)
• Missed the entire season with an injury
2020 (r-Freshman)
• Played in eight games
• Finished with six total tackles
• Had three stops in win at Rice
2019 (Freshman)
• Played in his first collegiate game against ODU
• Was redshirted
• Named the team’s Newcomer Ironman of the Year
High School
• Lettered in football, basketball and track at McCallie School (three-sport athlete last three years)
• Earned all-state honors as a linebacker and was a Best of Preps first team member in 2018
• Was also the Division II-AAA co-defensive player of the year and a team captain in 2018
• Registered 110 tackles, including 10 TFLs, four sacks, 13 hurries and a defensive touchdown his senior year
• Played for Coach Ralph Potter
• Was also an all-region discus thrower in track
Personal
• Full name: Quindarius Maurice Dunnigan
• Parents: Garvin and Delnita Evans
• Born: 8/14/01
• Major: Biology
• 2023: Second Team All-CUSA
• 2022: Named the CUSA Defensive Player of the Week on 9/ 12 and the TSWA Player of the Week on 9/13
2023 (r-Junior)
• Played in 12 games and had 11 starts
• Ended the season with a career-best 35 tackles, including a team-high 10.0 TFLs, three sacks, eight pass breakups and five hurries
• His eight pass breakups tied for third most in CUSA and was first nationally among defensive linemen
• Was the team’s Defensive Lineman of the Week twice and Defensive Player of the Week once
• Led all defensive linemen with 56 snaps played per game
• Registered four tackles in opener at Alabama
• Had five stops, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack at Missouri
• Turned in 1.5 TFLs against Murray State
• Collected four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and a hurry against Colorado State
• Had two pass breakups at WKU
• Against Jax State he added three tackles, including a TFL and a career-best three pass breakups
• Had two tackles and a pass breakup before leaving the game with a targeting foul in the second half
• Finished with seven stops (6 solos) against Liberty in just one half of play
• Had three tackles, including a sack at NMSU to go with a pass breakup
• Turned in a sack and 1.5 TFLs in win over FIU
2022 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in 12 games and had two starts
• Finished the season with 27 total stops, including 7.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks
• In his first career start, Dunnigan added six tackles, including 3.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks to go with a pass breakup at Colorado State
• Collected four solo tackles, including a TFL in win over Miami
• Had three stops in win over Charlotte
• Had three solo tackles, including 2.0 TFLs in bowl win over SDSU
2021 (r-Freshman)
• Missed the entire season with an injury
2020 (r-Freshman)
• Played in eight games
• Finished with six total tackles
• Had three stops in win at Rice
2019 (Freshman)
• Played in his first collegiate game against ODU
• Was redshirted
• Named the team’s Newcomer Ironman of the Year
High School
• Lettered in football, basketball and track at McCallie School (three-sport athlete last three years)
• Earned all-state honors as a linebacker and was a Best of Preps first team member in 2018
• Was also the Division II-AAA co-defensive player of the year and a team captain in 2018
• Registered 110 tackles, including 10 TFLs, four sacks, 13 hurries and a defensive touchdown his senior year
• Played for Coach Ralph Potter
• Was also an all-region discus thrower in track
Personal
• Full name: Quindarius Maurice Dunnigan
• Parents: Garvin and Delnita Evans
• Born: 8/14/01
• Major: Biology
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