Darrion Daniels: DT · Nebraska · #79.
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Darrion Daniels
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Scott Frost. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Iowa, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
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
2019 season · 9 games
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| 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 No. 5 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 No. 19 Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Week 3 · 2019
W 44-8
1.5 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 36-point win at home against Northern Illinois.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries33 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
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
Scott Frost
Pass share
37.6%
323 pass / 535 run
Plays / game
71.5
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Oklahoma State and Nebraska, 81 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Gundy and Scott Frost.
