#40

Dakota Allen

Former linebacker at Texas Tech. 2018: 73 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #40

6′1″ · 235 lb · Humble, TX

Los Angeles — drafted 2019, Rd 7, Pick 37, #251 overall

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 763 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

Statement game16 tackles · 1 TFLat Iowa State (FBS) · L 31-40

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Texas Tech. 2018: 73 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2014.
Drafted round 7 by the Los Angeles in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas Tech, 174 tackles — drafted at #251 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Summer Creek

201713 games

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

2019

Drafted by Los Angelesround 7, pick 251

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#763 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #251

Los Angeles · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2017–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

Played his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 8th NFL season

#251Rd 7 · Pick 37

Los AngelesEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 18-20 over that span.

2015Texas Tech7-6HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (91st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#103 / 2662 · 95th pct

Tackles#243 / 2662 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#380 / 2662 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.4	0.7	0.1	0.2
Road3g	10.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.6	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Texas Tech	73	37	6.5	0.5	2	--	--
2017	Texas Tech	101	58	6.0	2.0	4	2	--
2015	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		174	95	12.5	2.5	6	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018

W 41–17

at Oklahoma State

6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Oklahoma State.

With A. Bowman — 397 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · -26 rush yds (4 car) · D. Felton — 121 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-47vs Ole Miss	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 77-0vs Lamar	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 63-49vs Houston	9	7	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 41-17@ Oklahoma State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-42vs West Virginia	12	6	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	W 17-14@ TCU	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-16vs Kansas	7	6	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 31-40@ Iowa State	16	2	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 16 tackles
Wk 10	L 46-51vs Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 34-41vs Texas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-35vs Baylor	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		73	37	6.5	0.5	—	2

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

2014

201713 games

2019

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays