Carson Van Dinter
S · Junior
6'2" · 207 lbs · Defense
Also wearing #11: Kash Brock (WR)
Background
- Hometown
- Kaukauna, Wis.
- High school
- Kaukauna
- Previous school
- Iowa State
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8533 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1487
- Class
- 2024
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
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Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
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Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year 2025 (Redshirt freshman at Iowa State): Played in 10 games, making one start at safety for Iowa State in 2025 … totaled 180 snaps on defense, including 88 across his final two games of the season … made 18 total tackles, including 11 solo stops … tallied three tackles in the season opener versus Kansas State (Aug. 23) … made two tackles in back-to-back games against Arizona (Sept. 27) and Cincinnati (Oct. 4) … made a career-high six tackles and broke up a pass against Kansas, his first career start (Nov. 22) 2024 (Freshman at Iowa State): Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year ... redshirted after playing in two games ... saw action against Baylor and UCF. High School/Personal Prepped at Kaukauna for head coach Matt Binsfeld Three-star safety by ESPN, 247Sports, On3 and Rivals Listed as the No. 13 player in the state by 247Sports Composite Rated as a top-150 safety nationally and No. 11 player in Wisconsin by ESPN 2023 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association First Team All-State and All-Region selection Fox Valley Association Defensive Back of the Year 2023 Jim Leonhard Award finalist Helped Kaukauna to an 11-2 record and Division 2 state semifinal appearance in 2023 Finished his senior season with 64 tackles, four interceptions and three forced fumbles in 13 games - also recorded three TFL and a fumble recovery Made 52 tackles, including four for a loss, and intercepted one pass as a junior Three-sport athlete who also played basketball and ran track Part of Kaukauna’s 2023 state champion 4x100 meter relay team
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Honors and Awards
2025: Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024: Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year
2025 (Redshirt freshman at Iowa State): Played in 10 games, making one start at safety for Iowa State in 2025 … totaled 180 snaps on defense, including 88 across his final two games of the season … made 18 total tackles, including 11 solo stops … tallied three tackles in the season opener versus Kansas State (Aug. 23) … made two tackles in back-to-back games against Arizona (Sept. 27) and Cincinnati (Oct. 4) … made a career-high six tackles and broke up a pass against Kansas, his first career start (Nov. 22)
2024 (Freshman at Iowa State): Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year ... redshirted after playing in two games ... saw action against Baylor and UCF.
High School/Personal
Prepped at Kaukauna for head coach Matt Binsfeld
Three-star safety by ESPN, 247Sports, On3 and Rivals
Listed as the No. 13 player in the state by 247Sports Composite
Rated as a top-150 safety nationally and No. 11 player in Wisconsin by ESPN
2023 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association First Team All-State and All-Region selection
Fox Valley Association Defensive Back of the Year
2023 Jim Leonhard Award finalist
Helped Kaukauna to an 11-2 record and Division 2 state semifinal appearance in 2023
Finished his senior season with 64 tackles, four interceptions and three forced fumbles in 13 games - also recorded three TFL and a fumble recovery
Made 52 tackles, including four for a loss, and intercepted one pass as a junior
Three-sport athlete who also played basketball and ran track
Part of Kaukauna’s 2023 state champion 4x100 meter relay team