Cam Dillon

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
234
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Findlay, Ohio
High School:
Findlay (Columbia)

CAREER: Lettered three years at Columbia University (2018-19; 21) and two seasons at Duke University (2022-23) … saw action in 49 career games (20 starts), registered 180 tackles, 21.0 TFL, 12.5 sacks, one INT, six PBUs, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two QB pressures and one safety ... recorded 2+ tackles in 36 games, including a career-high 10 tackles against Saint Francis [Pa.] (2019), Georgetown (2019) and Wake Forest (2022) ... credited with a career-best two forced fumbles against Central Connecticut State in 2021 ... garnered 2.0 TFL in four contests, including a career-high 5.5 versus Central Connecticut State in 2021 ... tallied lone fumble recovery against Miami in 2022 ... secured lone safety against Central Connecticut State in 2021 … 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League selection and 2022 Academic All-ACC and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society honoree … played 979 career snaps at Duke.

2023: Saw action in all 13 games, making one start against NC State … recorded 38 tackles, 1.5 TFL and two PBUs … registered 2+ tackles in 10 games and 5+ tackles in two contests ... posted a season-high seven tackles against NC State … carded a season-best 1.0 TFL versus Lafayette … secured one PBU against Connecticut and NC State ... on the field for 395 snaps.

2022: Academic All-ACC and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society honoree ... saw action in all 13 games, making seven starts against Georgia Tech, North Carolina A&T, Pittsburgh, Temple, UCF, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest ... finished fourth on the team in tackles with 61 ... added 5.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks, one PBU, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles ... registered 2+ tackles in 11 games and 5+ tackles in six contests ... posted a season-high 10 tackles against Wake Forest ... tallied one forced fumble against Miami and Temple, while lone fumble recovery came against the Hurricanes … carded a season-best 2.0 sacks and 2.0 TFL versus UCF in the Military Bowl to rank tied for first and tied for second, respectively, on Duke’s bowl game charts ... also ranked tied for 10th in Duke’s bowl history for tackles (9) ... on the field for 584 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member (2018-19-20-21) and three-year lettermen (2018-19; 21) at Columbia University (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League selection … in 23 career games (12 starts), registered 81 tackles, 15.5 TFL, 9.5 sacks, one INT, two forced fumbles and one safety … graduated ranked 15th in career sacks at Columbia … in 2021, set the Lions’ single-season record for sack yards (68) and ranked fourth in sacks (8.5) … named Stats Perform National and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 11, 2021 following a season-best eight tackles, a school-record 5.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and one safety at Central Connecticut State in 2021 … finished 2021 with a team-best 13.0 TFL, 8.5 sacks and two forced fumbles … registered a career-best 10 tackles against Georgetown and Saint Francis (Pa.) in 2019 … carded one INT against Marist in 2021 … selected the team’s defensive most valuable player … lettered three years at Findlay under coach Mark Ritzler ... named a team captain and earned team leadership award as a senior … two-time Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association all-state selection … two-time All-Ohio, First Team All-Northwest District and First Team All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference honoree … tabbed an Academic All-Ohio selection as a senior and earned academic all-league nods on three occasions … totaled 79 tackles, 11 TFL, 6.5 sacks and one blocked punt as a senior … in addition, added 630 receiving yards with four TDs and 331 rushing yards with five TDs … over last two seasons, led the Trojans to a 11-10-2 combined record … following final year, selected to play in 73rd annual Ohio North-South All-Star Game at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon, Ohio … also lettered four years in baseball … three-time All-TRAC selection … earned first team honors as a junior infielder and honorable mention nods as a sophomore … two-time team captain.

PERSONAL: Born July 27, 1999 ... graduated from Columbia in May 2022, with a degree in mechanical engineering ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Michael and Lynn Dillon … mother lettered four seasons in swimming and diving at St. Michael’s College (1986-87-88-89) … uncle, Pat Dillon, lettered three years in football at Western Michigan University (1984-85-86) … great uncle, Jim Dillon, lettered two years in football at the University of California (1952-53).