Deari Todd

Montana Football Team Photo Day on August 27, 2022 in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
265
Position:
DE
Hometown:
Lorain, Ohio
High School:
Clearview HS
Prev School:
Michigan State

2022 (R-Sr. – Montana): Will vie for a starting role at defensive end as a redshirt senior

2021 (R-Jr. – Montana):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Played in 12 games in his first season as a Griz and cracked the D-Line rotation, recording 13 tackles, with one and a half for loss… Registered one and a half sacks on the year.

2020 (R-Jr. – Michigan State): Did not see game action ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third consecutive year.

2019 (So. – Michigan State): Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second year in a row ... did not appear in a game.

2018 (R-Fr. – Michigan State): Did not see game action ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2017 (Fr. – Michigan State): ... Named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week vs. Western Michigan.

High School: Played tight end and on the defensive line for Coach Mike Collier at Clearview High School . . . three-year varsity player accumulated 134 career tackles, including 20.5 for losses and 12 sacks . . . ranked among the top strongside defensive ends in the nation by 247Sports (No. 62), Scout.com (No. 86) and ESPN.com (No. 106) . . . rated one of the top players in Ohio by 247Sports (No. 48) and ESPN.com (No. 51) . . . listed as the No. 3 defensive end prospect in Ohio by Scout.com and No. 13 in the Midwest . . . recorded a career-high 47 stops, including seven tackles for loss, as a senior in just eight games played . . . in addition, registered a forced fumble and returned another fumble 65 yards for a touchdown . . . also had 10 receptions for 126 yards and one touchdown . . . earned AP All-Ohio Division IV special mention honors . . . named to the AP Northeast Ohio Lakes All-District Division IV First Team as a tight end . . . named Lorain County’s most valuable defensive lineman and was a first-team all-country honoree . . . tabbed first-team All-Patriot Athletic Conference . . . tallied 44 tackles and seven sacks during his junior season . . . as a sophomore, compiled 43 tackles and five sacks . . . also played basketball . . .

Personal: Son of Duane and Nataya Todd ... Earned a degree in kinesiology from Michigan State before transferring to Montana.

Career Single Game Highs

Tackles: 3 (vs. Southern Utah, 2021)

Sacks: 0.5 (vs. Western Illinois, 2021)