Da'Quan Patton

Senior linebacker for Kansas State. 2019: 58 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Kansas State · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 227 lb · Cedar Park, TX

Kansas State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Kansas State. 2019: 58 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Kansas State, 128 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas State

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2019

2 coaches

2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Kansas State5-7HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#11 / 721 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#396 / 2688 · 85th pct

Tackles#489 / 2688 · 81st pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles for loss#1661 / 2688 · 35th pct

1.5

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.7	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Kansas State	58	38	1.5	2	2	1
2018	Kansas State	70	50	3.0	2	--	--
Career		128	88	4.5	4	2	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2019

W 48–41

vs Oklahoma

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Oklahoma at home in a shootout.

With S. John Thompson — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 39 rush yds (13 car) · 4 TD · D. Anctil — 53 AVG · 59 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-14vs Nicholls	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 52-0vs Bowling Green	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-24@ Mississippi State	8	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 13-26@ Oklahoma State	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 12-31vs Baylor	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-17vs TCU	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 48-41vs Oklahoma	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-10@ Kansas	4	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 24-27@ Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-24vs West Virginia	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 30-27@ Texas Tech	10	2	1.0	1	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 14	W 27-17vs Iowa State	4	4	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 17-20vs Navy	8	5	0.0	—	0
Total		58	38	1.5	2	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays