Senior defensive tackle for Nebraska. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.
6′4″ · 340 lb · Dallas, TX
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 261 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Nebraska. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.
Darrion Daniels
Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Scott Frost. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Iowa, Week 14, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nebraska, 81 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Riley → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nebraska | 33 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 26 | 17 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 15 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 81 | 48 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019
W 42–38
at Illinois
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Illinois on the road in a shootout.
With A. Martinez — 328 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.6 · 118 rush yds (18 car) · W. Robinson — 89 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-21vs South Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-34@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-8vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-38@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-48vs Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 13-10vs Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-34@ Minnesota | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-31@ Purdue | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-27vs Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 4 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.