A West Virginia Mountaineer through and through, Dante Stills has quietly led Arizona's defensive line in tackles and sacks in each of his first two NFL seasons.
Dante Stills is a defensive tackle for Arizona who arrived as a sixth-round value pick in 2023 and has stuck around as a rotational force up front. Football runs in the family - his father Gary played 10 NFL seasons, and Dante starred at West Virginia alongside his brother Darius before the Cardinals drafted him.
Path to the league
Stills played five seasons at West Virginia from 2018 to 2022, earning Freshman All-American honors as a true freshman and First Team All-Big 12 recognition from Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele in 2020. The Arizona Cardinals selected him in the sixth round, 213th overall, of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Career highlights
Stills has led all Cardinals defensive linemen in both tackles and sacks in each of his first two NFL seasons. Across his first two years he posted 89 tackles, 8.0 sacks, 11 quarterback hits, nine tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. His father Gary was a third-round pick of the Chiefs in 1999 who played a decade in the league.
2025 season recap
Stills played a full 17-game slate for Arizona in 2025, adding 34 tackles as part of the Cardinals' defensive tackle rotation, though his sack production dipped after back-to-back seasons of at least 3.5.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Dante Stills
- Arizona Cardinals: Dante Stills
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
17 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | cardinals | 17 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | cardinals | 16 | 42 | 20 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | cardinals | 15 | 47 | 18 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive Tackle
- Group
- defense
- College
- West Virginia
- Hometown
- Fairmont, WV, USA
- Age
- 26
- Status
- active
