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Jersey Number 99
Quindarius Dunnigan
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 257
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
- High School:
- McCallie School
- Prev School:
- Middle Tennessee State
Career Bio (PDF)
CAREER NOTES: Played in 56 games over the course of his college career (33 at Middle Tennessee State from 2019-23; 23 at Michigan State from 2024-25) . . . spent five seasons at Middle Tennessee State (2019-23), but did not play during the 2021 season due to an injury . . . transferred to Michigan State in January 2024 and played two seasons at MSU (2024-25) . . . recorded 110 tackles, including 26.0 tackles for loss (89 yards) and 9.0 sacks (46 yards) in his collegiate career . . . also had nine pass break-ups and two forced fumbles . . . had 68 tackles, 17 TFLs (57 yards) and 5.5 sacks (33 yards) in 33 games for the Blue Raiders, including 13 starts. . . posted 42 tackles, 9.0 TFLs (32 yards) and 3.5 sacks (13 yards) in 23 games, with one start, for the Spartans . . . played over 1,500 snaps on defense (1,529) in his career (978 at MTSU; 551 at MSU) . . . graduated from MTSU with a bachelor’s degree in allied health technology.
2025 SEASON (SEVENTH-YEAR SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Voted a team captain by his teammates . . . played in all 12 games, including a start in the season opener vs. Western Michigan . . . recorded 25 tackles . . . tied for team lead with 2.5 sacks (9 yards) and ranked second on the team with 5.0 TFLs (19 yards) . . . played 306 snaps on defense . . . credited with three tackles, including a 5-yard sack, along with three QB hurries in his final collegiate game against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29) . . . logged season and MSU career-high five stops along with registering first forced fumble of season and second of career in game at Iowa (11/22), forcing a fumble by Iowa QB Mark Gronowski in the third quarter that was recovered by teammate Jordan Hall, setting up MSU’s first TD of the game . . . also sacked Gronowski in the second quarter for first full sack of the season . . . then added another tackle for loss to finish with a season-high 2.0 TFL as part of five total tackles, adding a QB hurry, while charting 31 defensive snaps against the Hawkeyes, which ranked third among defensive linemen and ranked 10th overall on the defense . . . registered four tackles in Penn State game (11/15), charting 28 snaps . . . tallied two tackles in 22 snaps in Michigan game (10/25) . . . tallied two tackles, with 1.0 TFL (7 yards) in game at Indiana (10/18), charting 23 snaps . . . registered three tackles in UCLA game (10/11), with 0.5 TFL coming on 0.5 sack (3 yards), in charting 24 snaps . . . notched a pair of QB hurries in tallying 24 snaps in game at Nebraska (10/4) . . . notched one tackle in playing 13 snaps at USC (9/20) . . . tallied three tackles in Youngstown State game (9/13) in charting 26 snaps . . . was in on 23 plays in Boston College contest (9/6) . . . made first start of Spartan career in starting season opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29) at defensive end and logged 27 plays, posting a pair of stops, including 0.5 tackles for loss, adding two QB hurries.
2024 SEASON (SIXTH-YEAR SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games to earn his first letter for the Spartans . . . recorded 17 tackles, 4.0 TFLs (13 yards) and one sack (4 yards) . . . played a total of 245 snaps on the defensive line . . . posted a season-high four stops while playing a season-high 41 snaps vs. Rutgers . . . recorded one TFL in Purdue game and forced a fumble, for first career forced fumble, in the second quarter that teammate Maverick Hansen recovered at the Boilermaker 33, setting up the Spartans for their second TD of the night, in playing 22 snaps . . . credited with three stops in game at Illinois, posting 22 snaps . . . made one tackle in both Indiana (22 snaps) and Michigan (15 snaps) games . . . played 12 snaps in win over Iowa . . . tallied two tackles with 1.0 TFL (5 yards) in game at Oregon, logging 28 plays . . . made one tackle in playing 27 snaps in Ohio State game . . . notched three stops in game at Boston College, with 1.0 tackle for loss (4 yards) coming on a sack, in 26 plays . . . tallied one tackle in 16 plays in Prairie View A&M game . . . made Spartan debut in Florida Atlantic game, posting 14 snaps
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR AT MTSU): Earned second-team All-Conference-USA honors after recording career highs in tackles (35), tackles for loss (10.0 for 27 yards), sacks (3.0 for 13 yards) and pass break-ups (8) . . . led team and ranked tied for fifth with 10.0 tackles for loss . . . his eight pass break-ups tied for third most in Conference USA and ranked first in the FBS among defensive linemen . . . played in 12 games, including 11 starts on the defensive line . . . played a total of 581 snaps on defense . . . delivered a sack and 1.5 TFLs vs. Florida International (Nov. 11) . . . had three tackles, including a sack, and broke up a pass at New Mexico State (Nov. 4) . . . posted seven tackles against Liberty (Oct. 17) . . . broke up a career-best three passes and added three tackles, including a TFL, against Jacksonville State (Oct. 4) . . . had four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs against Colorado State (Sept. 23) . . . tallied five stops, including two tackles for loss and a sack, at Missouri (Sept. 9) . . . had four tackles in the season opener at Alabama (Sept. 2).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT MTSU): In his first full season, recorded 27 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 12 games, including two starting assignments . . . played a total of 272 snaps on defense . . . credited with two TFLs and three solo tackles in Hawai’i Bowl win over San Diego State . . . had four solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, in victory over No. 25 Miami (Sept. 24) . . . in his first career start, delivered six tackles, including a career-high 3.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, in addition to a pass break-up in a win at Colorado State (Sept. 10).
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT MTSU): Missed the entire season with an injury.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN MTSU): Collected six tackles in eight games of action . . . had three tackles in a victory at Rice (Oct. 24) . . . played 103 snaps on defense.
2019 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT MTSU): Made his collegiate debut vs. Old Dominion (Nov. 23) in his only appearance of the season to preserve his redshirt year.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-sport athlete at McCallie School, lettering in football, basketball and track and field . . . earned all-state honors as a linebacker his senior season in 2018 and was a Best of Preps first-team member . . . was also the Division II-AAA co-defensive player of the year and a team captain in 2018 . . . collected 110 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss, four sacks and a defensive touchdown his senior year . . . played for Coach Ralph Potter at the McCallie School . . . was also an all-region discus thrower in track and field . . . graduated from MTSU with a bachelor’s degree in allied health technology . . . son of Garvin and Delnita Evans.
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CAREER NOTES: Played in 56 games over the course of his college career (33 at Middle Tennessee State from 2019-23; 23 at Michigan State from 2024-25) . . . spent five seasons at Middle Tennessee State (2019-23), but did not play during the 2021 season due to an injury . . . transferred to Michigan State in January 2024 and played two seasons at MSU (2024-25) . . . recorded 110 tackles, including 26.0 tackles for loss (89 yards) and 9.0 sacks (46 yards) in his collegiate career . . . also had nine pass break-ups and two forced fumbles . . . had 68 tackles, 17 TFLs (57 yards) and 5.5 sacks (33 yards) in 33 games for the Blue Raiders, including 13 starts. . . posted 42 tackles, 9.0 TFLs (32 yards) and 3.5 sacks (13 yards) in 23 games, with one start, for the Spartans . . . played over 1,500 snaps on defense (1,529) in his career (978 at MTSU; 551 at MSU) . . . graduated from MTSU with a bachelor’s degree in allied health technology.
2025 SEASON (SEVENTH-YEAR SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Voted a team captain by his teammates . . . played in all 12 games, including a start in the season opener vs. Western Michigan . . . recorded 25 tackles . . . tied for team lead with 2.5 sacks (9 yards) and ranked second on the team with 5.0 TFLs (19 yards) . . . played 306 snaps on defense . . . credited with three tackles, including a 5-yard sack, along with three QB hurries in his final collegiate game against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29) . . . logged season and MSU career-high five stops along with registering first forced fumble of season and second of career in game at Iowa (11/22), forcing a fumble by Iowa QB Mark Gronowski in the third quarter that was recovered by teammate Jordan Hall, setting up MSU’s first TD of the game . . . also sacked Gronowski in the second quarter for first full sack of the season . . . then added another tackle for loss to finish with a season-high 2.0 TFL as part of five total tackles, adding a QB hurry, while charting 31 defensive snaps against the Hawkeyes, which ranked third among defensive linemen and ranked 10th overall on the defense . . . registered four tackles in Penn State game (11/15), charting 28 snaps . . . tallied two tackles in 22 snaps in Michigan game (10/25) . . . tallied two tackles, with 1.0 TFL (7 yards) in game at Indiana (10/18), charting 23 snaps . . . registered three tackles in UCLA game (10/11), with 0.5 TFL coming on 0.5 sack (3 yards), in charting 24 snaps . . . notched a pair of QB hurries in tallying 24 snaps in game at Nebraska (10/4) . . . notched one tackle in playing 13 snaps at USC (9/20) . . . tallied three tackles in Youngstown State game (9/13) in charting 26 snaps . . . was in on 23 plays in Boston College contest (9/6) . . . made first start of Spartan career in starting season opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29) at defensive end and logged 27 plays, posting a pair of stops, including 0.5 tackles for loss, adding two QB hurries.
2024 SEASON (SIXTH-YEAR SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games to earn his first letter for the Spartans . . . recorded 17 tackles, 4.0 TFLs (13 yards) and one sack (4 yards) . . . played a total of 245 snaps on the defensive line . . . posted a season-high four stops while playing a season-high 41 snaps vs. Rutgers . . . recorded one TFL in Purdue game and forced a fumble, for first career forced fumble, in the second quarter that teammate Maverick Hansen recovered at the Boilermaker 33, setting up the Spartans for their second TD of the night, in playing 22 snaps . . . credited with three stops in game at Illinois, posting 22 snaps . . . made one tackle in both Indiana (22 snaps) and Michigan (15 snaps) games . . . played 12 snaps in win over Iowa . . . tallied two tackles with 1.0 TFL (5 yards) in game at Oregon, logging 28 plays . . . made one tackle in playing 27 snaps in Ohio State game . . . notched three stops in game at Boston College, with 1.0 tackle for loss (4 yards) coming on a sack, in 26 plays . . . tallied one tackle in 16 plays in Prairie View A&M game . . . made Spartan debut in Florida Atlantic game, posting 14 snaps
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR AT MTSU): Earned second-team All-Conference-USA honors after recording career highs in tackles (35), tackles for loss (10.0 for 27 yards), sacks (3.0 for 13 yards) and pass break-ups (8) . . . led team and ranked tied for fifth with 10.0 tackles for loss . . . his eight pass break-ups tied for third most in Conference USA and ranked first in the FBS among defensive linemen . . . played in 12 games, including 11 starts on the defensive line . . . played a total of 581 snaps on defense . . . delivered a sack and 1.5 TFLs vs. Florida International (Nov. 11) . . . had three tackles, including a sack, and broke up a pass at New Mexico State (Nov. 4) . . . posted seven tackles against Liberty (Oct. 17) . . . broke up a career-best three passes and added three tackles, including a TFL, against Jacksonville State (Oct. 4) . . . had four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs against Colorado State (Sept. 23) . . . tallied five stops, including two tackles for loss and a sack, at Missouri (Sept. 9) . . . had four tackles in the season opener at Alabama (Sept. 2).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT MTSU): In his first full season, recorded 27 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 12 games, including two starting assignments . . . played a total of 272 snaps on defense . . . credited with two TFLs and three solo tackles in Hawai’i Bowl win over San Diego State . . . had four solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, in victory over No. 25 Miami (Sept. 24) . . . in his first career start, delivered six tackles, including a career-high 3.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, in addition to a pass break-up in a win at Colorado State (Sept. 10).
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT MTSU): Missed the entire season with an injury.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN MTSU): Collected six tackles in eight games of action . . . had three tackles in a victory at Rice (Oct. 24) . . . played 103 snaps on defense.
2019 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT MTSU): Made his collegiate debut vs. Old Dominion (Nov. 23) in his only appearance of the season to preserve his redshirt year.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-sport athlete at McCallie School, lettering in football, basketball and track and field . . . earned all-state honors as a linebacker his senior season in 2018 and was a Best of Preps first-team member . . . was also the Division II-AAA co-defensive player of the year and a team captain in 2018 . . . collected 110 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss, four sacks and a defensive touchdown his senior year . . . played for Coach Ralph Potter at the McCallie School . . . was also an all-region discus thrower in track and field . . . graduated from MTSU with a bachelor’s degree in allied health technology . . . son of Garvin and Delnita Evans.
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