 Trader in 2024 | |
| Maryland Terrapins–No. 12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Safety |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | African American Studies |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Delmar, Delaware, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Maryland (2021–present) |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Maryland) |
Dante Trader Jr. is an American college football safety for the Maryland Terrapins.
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. [1]
Trader committed to Maryland to play in both Lacrosse and Football but, chose to play football instead of lacrosse for his freshman year. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] [5] 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. [6] Following the regular season, Trader played in his first Bowl Game the 2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl. [7] Following the Bowl game Trader announced that he was planning to join the Maryland Terrapins Men's Lacrosse. [8] [9] [10] 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. [11] For his junior year, he was again projected along with his teammate Brade to be leaders of the safeties group. [12] [13] [14] In the regular season, Trader has had 52 total tackles (37 solo), two interceptions for 21 yards, and five pass deflections. [15]
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