Dante Trader Jr.
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Dante Trader Jr.

Safety, Miami Dolphins · #11.

Player facts

Team
Miami Dolphins
Position
Safety
Number
11
Born
Feb 13, 2003 (age 23)
Birthplace
Delmar, DE, USA
Height
5' 11"
Weight
202 lbs
College
Maryland
Experience
2 seasons
Status
Active

Stats

2026 Defense

TOTSOLOASTSACKFFFRYDSINTYDSAVGTDLNGPDSTFSTFYDSKB
Regular Season261016000011414.001430.500
Last 5 Games261016000011414.00030.500
Career813942011011414.001441.500

Recent games

TacklesFumblesInterceptions
DateOpponentResultTOTSOLOASTSACKFFFRINTYDSAVGTDLNGPDKB
vs CINL 31-24716000000.00010
@ MINL 15-10532000000.00000
vs KCL 24-10945000000.00010
@ SFL 35-13211000000.00000
@ LVL 27-1331200011414.00010

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Dante Trader Jr. (born February 13, 2003) is an American professional football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dante Trader Jr., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1

Background

Early life

Trader grew up in Delmar, Delaware and attended Delmar Senior High School before transferring to McDonogh School during his junior year. He committed to the University of Maryland, College Park on November 19, 2019.

College career

Trader committed to Maryland to play in both lacrosse and football but, chose to play football instead of lacrosse for his freshman year. In his first season, Trader appeared in 12 out of the 13 games and had 16 total tackles (12 of which were solo), one tackle for loss, and one pass breakup. Trader returned to Maryland for his sophomore year and was expected to be a leader of the safeties group of the team with teammate Beau Brade. The stats for his sophomore year were 62 total tackles (34 solo), four defended passes, and two interceptions with 46 total yards for the interception returns. Following the regular season, Trader played in his first Bowl Game the 2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl. Following the bowl game, Trader announced that he was planning to join the Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team. In the lacrosse season, he had 14 turnovers caused by the team (third most on the team), 16 shots on the goal with a total of five goals and seven points, 17 groundballs, and four turnovers to the other team. For his junior year, he was again projected along with his teammate Brade to be leaders of the safeties group. In the regular season, Trader has had 52 total tackles (37 solo), two interceptions for 21 yards, and five pass deflections.

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