2019: Returning starter at safety … 214 career tackles, 3 career interceptions … team captain … East-West Shrine Game ... led Auburn with 13 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 6-yard sack vs. Oregon … interception and team-best six tackles vs. Tulane … team-best 8 tackles vs. Kent State … 16-yard sack, 4 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Mississippi State … 9 tackles, TFL at Florida ... TFL, PBU, 3 tackles at Arkansas … 15 tackles, forced a fumble at LSU … team-best 8 tackles vs. Georgia … interception vs. Samford ... 10 tackles vs. Alabama ... led squad with 9 tackles in Outback Bowl ... SEC defensive player of week (Oregon) … Preseason: Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list
2018: Returning starter at free safety … 120 career tackles … 61 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 3 PBU for season … had seven tackles, 1.5 TFL, a sack and a PBU in the Washington opener … three tackles vs. Alabama State … team-high six tackles, TFL vs. Arkansas … interception, four tackles vs. Southern Miss … interception and career-best 15 tackles at Mississippi State … four tackles vs. Tennessee before being ejected for targeting … nine tackles and forced a fumble in the Texas A&M win … five stops at Georgia … four tackles vs. Liberty
2017: Veteran safety and starting nickelback … 47 tackles for season ... recovered a Clemson fumble, along with 2 tackles and a PBU … team-high 6 tackles vs. Mercer … 5 tackles, TFL at Missouri … 3 solo stops vs. Mississippi State … 2 solo stops vs. Ole Miss … 5 tackles at LSU … 8-yard sack, 4 tackles at Arkansas … 5 tackles at Texas A&M … team-best six tackles vs. Georgia … 3 tackles, PBU vs. ULM … 2 solo stops vs. Alabama … 3 tackles in SEC championship
2016: Redshirted while recovering from knee injury suffered late in 2015
2015: True freshman corner who saw substantial early-season action … first snaps came against Louisville, where he recorded four tackles … three tackles at LSU … first start came at nickel vs. Mississippi State, recording three tackles … three solo tackles at Texas A&M before suffering knee injury that required season-ending surgery ... Academic Top Tiger
HIGH SCHOOL: Standout defender for Coach Anthony White at Miami’s American High … Miami-Dade North-South All-Star Game … part of a state championship team at Miami Norland as a freshman ... ranked among top 100 cornerback prospects for 247 Sports and ESPN … PrepStar all-South ... graduated in top 20% of his class
PERSONAL: Birthday is February 26 ... son of Cinethia Lee and Theodore Dinson ... has a sister, Jasmine, and a brother, Joshua ... cousin Randell Johnson plays for the Buffalo Bills ... received his bachelor's degree from the College of Liberal Arts in May, 2019 ... FCA's 2018 Hard Fighting Soldier