*** 2019 Honors Candidate ***

*** 2019 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Ledbetter has 8 1/2 sacks in his 40-game career (21 as a starter), with totals of 119 tackles, five passes broken up and four blocked kicks. His 21 starts are the most on the defense and tied for fourth overall on the team.
 
2019: Listed as a starter at nose tackle on the preseason depth chart. Was also chosen as one of five EWU team co-captains for the 2019 season.
 
2018: Received honorable mention All-Big Sky honors and was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. His three blocks in 2018 came against Northern Arizona (9/8/18), Weber State (10/3/138) and Nicholls (12/1/18) in the FCS Playoffs. After falling behind 14-3 against Nicholls, Kedrick Johnson returned a blocked field goal by Ledbetter for a touchdown and start a run of 39 unanswered points in the 42-21 win. It was the first blocked field goal returned for a touchdown for EWU since 2000. He also had a sack versus NAU when he finished with seven tackles. He had a career-high 10 tackles versus Cal Poly (9/22/18).

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started eight games as a nose tackle and played in all 11. He finished the year with 45 tackles and 4 1/2 sacks as he filled in for 2016 first team All-Big Sky nose tackle Jay-Tee Tiuli, who missed the last nine games and returns in 2017 as an injury redshirt. He had eight tackles and a pair of sacks in his starting debut versus Fordham (9/16/17), helping EWU finish with a school-record 10 sacks. As a result of his performance against Fordham he was honored as the team’s co-defensive player of the week. Ledbetter also earned the same honor when he had seven tackles versus Weber State (11/4/17). In addition, Ledbetter had six tackles versus Montana (9/23/17), and he had two passes broken up and three tackles to end the season versus Portland State (11/18/17).

2016: He played in all 14 games as a redshirt freshman, finishing with 29 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks. He had four tackles in four games, including Northern Iowa (9/17/16) when he had a half-sack. He also had full sacks against UC Davis (10/1/16) and Richmond (12/10/16). He had eight tackles with a sack in three spring scrimmages.

2015: Redshirted. Was selected as the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from O’Dea HS in 2015. As a senior in 2014, Ledbetter was named to the Associated Press 3A All-State team as a first team offensive lineman and second team defensive lineman. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. He was also named to The Seattle Times Star-Times team as a defensive lineman. Ledbetter was the 3A Metro Mountain Conference co-Lineman of the Year and a two-way all-league first team selection as an offensive and defensive lineman. He had 71 total tackles, a school-record 12 tackles for loss, 4 1/2 sacks, two passes broken up and one fumble recovery for O’Dea’s 10-game regular season. O’Dea’s only regular season loss came against eventual State 3A champion Eastside Catholic, 26-20. Despite their 9-1 record, the third-ranked Fighting Irish lost in the first round of the State 3A Playoffs in a tough matchup against sixth-ranked Lincoln. As a junior in 2013, Ledbetter was named to the 3A All-Metro Conference first team as a defensive lineman. As a sophomore in 2012, Ledbetter was a second team All-Metro Mountain pick as an offensive lineman. He was a three-year starter for coach Monte Kohler at O’Dea. Ledbetter was also an outstanding performer in track and field, winning the shot put (54-1 1/2) and placing eighth in the discus (144-5) at the State 3A Championships in 2015. He finished second as a junior in the shot put. His personal best in the shot put was 55-3 to win the Sea-King championship as a senior, and earlier in the season had a best of 154-10 in the discus.

Personal: Exercise science major. Born 10/2/96 in Seattle, Wash. Will turn 23 three days before Eastern plays at Sacramento State. Nickname is “Led.” Parents are Mark Ledbetter and Cheryl Orint. His father played as a linebacker at Washington State and lettered from 1986-89. He won the Frank Butler award for “Cougar Spirit” in 1989. He played in the Aloha Bowl on Dec. 25, 1988 and had eight tackles with a sack. He went on the play in the World League after signing a free agent contract with New Orleans in the NFL, and then played in the Canadian Football League for Sacramento, Birmingham and Calgary.

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2016	14	29	4	2.5	4-12	0-0	0	0-0
2017	11	45	8	4.5	8-37	0-0	2	0-0
2018	15	45	10	1.5	5-13	0-0	3	0-0
Totals	40	119	10	8.5	17-62	0-0	5	0-0

 
DYLAN LEDBETTER Top Tackling Performances (1 with 10+)
10 tackles  – Cal Poly – 9/22/18