Dylan Manuel

UCF

Nov 28 (Sat)

TBA

Photo by: Tony Harman

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-1
Weight:
300
Class:
Third
Hometown:
Stockbridge, Ga.
High School:
Stockbridge
Prev School:
Appalachian State
Major:
Sociology

AT COLORADO

2026 (Third-Year): Has played in nine games, with eight starts and 544 snaps. Has 20 tackles (4 solo), 2 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one quarterback hurry, one interception, five tackles for zero yards, one quarterback chase-down, three third-down stops, one fourth-down stop and one touchdown-saving play.

Game by game:

at Georgia Tech (Sept. 3, W 14-13) (start): 2 tackles (2 solo), 1 TFL. Honors: Big 12 Defensive Line of the Week (unit honor); part of the defensive line that posted a 95.5 PFF grade, the highest in FBS in Week 1.
vs. Weber State (Sept. 12, W 52-21) (start): 2 tackles (0 solo).
at Northwestern (Sept. 19, L 7-41) (start): 3 tackles (0 solo).
at Baylor (Sept. 26, L 13-23) (start): 2 tackles (0 solo), 0.5 TFL.
vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 3, L 7-29) (start): 2 tackles (0 solo), 1 QBH.
vs. Utah (Oct. 17, L 24-27) (start): 5 tackles (1 solo), 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT. Recorded his first interception at Colorado and second of his collegiate career at the CU 6 with 2:13 left in the first half, becoming the first Colorado defensive lineman to record an interception since Anquin Barnes Jr. against BYU in the 2024 Alamo Bowl; set a CU career high with five tackles; shared a sack with Manny Ezeogu.
at Oklahoma State (Oct. 24, L 24-57) (start): played.
vs. Kansas State (Oct. 31, W 27-24 OT) (start): 3 tackles (0 solo), 1 QBH.
at Arizona State (Nov. 7, L 10-20): 1 tackle (1 solo). Played in his ninth game of the season, making his first appearance without a start.

AS A TRANSFER

Rated a three-star transfer prospect by 247Sports, which listed him as the No. 724 player in the portal and the No. 63 defensive lineman as of Jan. 13, 2026. Enters Colorado as an undergraduate transfer with three years to play two.

AT APPALACHIAN STATE (2025)

2025 (Second-Year): Played in all 12 regular-season games with seven starts and had 37 tackles (12 solo), seven tackles for loss, three sacks, five quarterback hurries and an interception, recording a TFL in seven games, including his final four.

AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (2024)

2024 (First-Year): Played in all 12 games as a true freshman and was a Phil Steele second-team freshman All-American with 15 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on a defense that ranked in the top 20 nationally in tackles for loss; had three TFLs in the conference finale at Eastern Illinois.

AT STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Played three seasons of varsity football for head coach Thomas Clark and was all-region each year from 2021 to 2023, earning first-team honors as a senior, when he had 86 tackles, 28 for loss and 11 sacks and led the Tigers to the state championship game, including a 12-tackle, five-TFL, three-sack game in the third round of the playoffs. Had 69 tackles, 18 for loss and 10 sacks as a junior.