Dantae Chin
OL · Senior
6'4" · 320 lbs · Offense
Background
- Hometown
- Weston, Fla.
- High school
- Cypress Bay
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8356 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1667
- Class
- 2022
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2026tap to read
Selected to the Comeback Player of the Year watch list (8/20).
2025tap to read
Started two games at left tackle ... helped the team score six touchdowns and record 421 yards of total offense against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... made first start at left tackle and part of an offense that posted 399 yards versus Ohio (8/28).
2024tap to read
Played in all 13 games with four starts at left guard ... rated as the No. 19 offensive guard in the Big Ten by Pro Football Focus ... part of offensive line that earned a spot on the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll (10/10) ... helped the Scarlet Knights to 28.9 points per game, the best mark since 2008, and 4,975 yards of total offense, fourth-most in a season in program history ... team rushed for 175.3 yards per game to place third in the Big Ten for the program's best placement since joining the league ... offense permitted two or fewer sacks in 9-of-13 games with none allowed five times and converted on third down at a clip of 44 percent, the team's best mark in the Big Ten era ... team also ranked No. 21 nationally with just 4.38 tackles-for-loss permitted per game ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... team totaled 208 rushing yards in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... offense rushed for 213 yards with no sacks against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... earned first career start and unit allowed no sacks and collected 370 yards of total offense in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... helped the offense rush for 329 yards with no sacks allowed versus Howard (8/29).
2023tap to read
Played in four games ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... unit totaled 436 yards of offense against Wagner (9/30) ... made collegiate debut in the win over Temple (9/9).
2022tap to read
Did not see game action. Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Rocco Casullo at Cypress Bay … played on the offensive line during scholastic career … only started to play football during final scholastic season … helped the Lightning to a 7-3 record as a senior … competed in the BCAA North vs. South All-Star game … a three-star prospect by ESPN and Rivals . Major: Labor and Employment Relations / Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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2026 Comeback Player of the Year Watch List:
2026 (Senior): Selected to the Comeback Player of the Year watch list (8/20).
2025 (Senior): Started two games at left tackle ... helped the team score six touchdowns and record 421 yards of total offense against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... made first start at left tackle and part of an offense that posted 399 yards versus Ohio (8/28).
2024 (Junior): Played in all 13 games with four starts at left guard ... rated as the No. 19 offensive guard in the Big Ten by Pro Football Focus ... part of offensive line that earned a spot on the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll (10/10) ... helped the Scarlet Knights to 28.9 points per game, the best mark since 2008, and 4,975 yards of total offense, fourth-most in a season in program history ... team rushed for 175.3 yards per game to place third in the Big Ten for the program's best placement since joining the league ... offense permitted two or fewer sacks in 9-of-13 games with none allowed five times and converted on third down at a clip of 44 percent, the team's best mark in the Big Ten era ... team also ranked No. 21 nationally with just 4.38 tackles-for-loss permitted per game ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... team totaled 208 rushing yards in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... offense rushed for 213 yards with no sacks against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... earned first career start and unit allowed no sacks and collected 370 yards of total offense in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... helped the offense rush for 329 yards with no sacks allowed versus Howard (8/29).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in four games ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... unit totaled 436 yards of offense against Wagner (9/30) ... made collegiate debut in the win over Temple (9/9).
2022 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Rocco Casullo at Cypress Bay … played on the offensive line during scholastic career … only started to play football during final scholastic season … helped the Lightning to a 7-3 record as a senior … competed in the BCAA North vs. South All-Star game … a three-star prospect by ESPN and Rivals .
Major: Labor and Employment Relations / Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology