Danny O'Brien: DL · Tennessee · #95.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Danny O'Brien
Wins the gap play after play. On tape: 3 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tennessee | 14 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 14 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs App State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-19vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28vs No. 19 Florida | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ No. 8 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 34-31
at Georgia
1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Georgia on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
21%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries14 tackles · 3 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
42.4%
377 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Tennessee — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Dooley → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
