Daniel Scott: S · California · #32.
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Daniel Scott
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Five seasons in the California secondary to date. On tape: 16 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
85 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | California | 85 | 57 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | California | 82 | 60 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | California | 20 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | California | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | California | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 204 | 136 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-13vs UC Davis | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14vs UNLV | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-24@ Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-31vs Arizona | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 9-28@ Washington State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20@ Colorado | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Washington | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-42vs No. 8 Oregon | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-41@ No. 9 USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Oregon State | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20vs Stanford | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-35vs No. 17 UCLA | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Total | 85 | 57 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL85 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
5 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 25-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
59.8%
466 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
64.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
509 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
85 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #19 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at California, 204 tackles — drafted at #158 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Wilcox.
Next stop · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 4th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 4th NFL season
