FILLINGER QUICK HITS
- 48 career games as a Ute with 37 starts.
- Totaled 19.5 career sacks, finishing the regular season fourth among active Big 12 players.
- 2024 Big 12 All-Conference Second Team (Coaches and AP).
2024: Started 10 games (9 at DE, 1 at DT).
- Inked 44 tackles (9.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks), with his sack total a team-best while his total tackles and TFL led the defensive line.
- Also made five pass breakups, one QB hurry and one fumble recovery.
- His 6.0 sacks were top-five in the Big 12 during the regular season.
- Had four games with at least 1.0 sack and three games with at least 2.0 TFL.
- Made 6.0 third-down stops, third-most on the defensive line.
- Career-best nine tackles (2.0 TFL, 1.5 sack) came at Utah State, along with two PBUs and one QB hurry.
- Seven more stops (1.0 TFL) in the regular season finale at UCF.
- Earned his first career blocked kick vs. Baylor, setting up Tao Johnson for a 77-yard touchdown return.
2023: Played in 11 games, with eight starts, recording 31 total tackles (5.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks) along with a forced fumble and a recovery.
- Career-best eight stops came in the game at No. 17 Arizona.
- Made a momentum-changing sack at No. 18 USC among his four tackles, also forcing a fumble to earn Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week.
- Had another four-tackle outing vs. Cal, including 1.5 sacks.
2022: Played in eight games with six starts, before sustaining a season-ending injury.
- Recorded 18 tackles, and led the team with 5.0 sacks for 33 yards at the time of his injury.
- Contributed 1.5 sacks for 13 yards and forced a fumble at Washington State.
- Had a nine-yard sack during a five-tackle game at Arizona State.
- Tied his season-high with five stops at No. 18 UCLA, including a three-yard sack.
- One QB hurry apiece vs. Southern Utah and San Diego State.
2021: Played in all 14 games, starting 13 at defensive end, recording 41 tackles (9.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks) and four quarterback hurries.
- Led all Pac-12 freshmen with 5.5 sacks.
- Had a then-career-high seven tackles (1.5 TFL) in the Pac-12 Championship game vs. Oregon.
- Earned Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week after his five-tackle performance vs. Washington State, becoming the first Utah freshman to have three sacks in a game.
- Recorded six tackles (1.0 TFL) in Utah’s win over UCLA.
- Had 2.0 TFL (1.0 sack) and a QB hurry in the win at Stanford.
2020: Played in all five games.
- Three total tackles including two tackles against No. 20 USC.
High School: Four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN, rated the No. 11 strong side defensive end in the country and the No. 2 player in the state of Utah out of Corner Canyon HS.
- Two-time first-team all-state, three-time all-region (first-team in 2018, 2019).
- Invited to play in the 2020 All-American Bowl and the Polynesian Bowl.
- Corner Canyon went 37-1 with Fillinger on the field, winning state championships in 2018 and 2019.
- 88 tackles (24.0 TFL, 13.5 sacks) and one forced fumble as a senior.
- 65 tackles (11.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks) with three interceptions, two passes defended and two fumbles recovered his junior year.
- 35 tackles (2.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks) with one interception and two fumbles recovered his sophomore season.
- Also competed in track and field, winning the state shot put championship in 2019.
Personal: Son of Janel … has one sister … pronounced fill-IN-jur.