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Daylan Carnell

Senior safety for Missouri. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

S · Missouri · Sr. · #13

6′2″ · 225 lb · Indianapolis, IN

CFB Index 52 · #255 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Missouri for 2026

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 41 tackles · 6.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 4 tackles, vs Kansas

The play that turned itSwung Missouri from 31% to 66% to win.Missouri at Mississippi State · 39-20

I wonder how many Mizzou flairs are even gonna acknowledge much less get actively excited about that fumble-six lolr/CFB game thread · ▲ 5His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Missouri. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2021.
1 interception in 2023. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Tackles for loss: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

Daylan Carnell

S · Missouri · Sr · #13

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent five seasons in the Missouri secondary. The receipt: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Alabama — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 41-24 over that span.

2021Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #255 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.6	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road4g	3.0	0.6	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #255 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #255 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #11 of 28 SEC Ss

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	41	22	6.5	0.0	4	1	--
2024	Missouri	51	28	5.0	0.0	6	--	--
2023	Missouri	51	30	6.0	3.0	7	1	--
2022	Missouri	26	20	2.0	0.0	3	3	--
2021	Missouri	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		172	103	19.5	3.0	20	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 23–17

at Auburn

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 61-6vs Central Arkansas	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-31vs Kansas	4	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 52-10vs Louisiana	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 29-20vs South Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 24-27vs Alabama	7	4	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	W 23-17@ Auburn	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-17@ Vanderbilt	5	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-38vs Texas A&M	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 49-27vs Mississippi State	5	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 6-17@ Oklahoma	2	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 14	W 31-17@ Arkansas	4	3	1.0	—	1
Bowl	L 7-13vs Virginia	6	3	1.0	—	0
Total		41	22	6.5	1	4

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

Daylan Carnell

20213 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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