Daylan Carnell is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Missouri.
Carnell plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Five seasons in the Missouri secondary to date. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Alabama — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 6.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-6vs Central Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-31vs Kansas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-10vs Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-20vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs No. 8 Alabama | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 23-17@ Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ No. 10 Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs No. 3 Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-27vs Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-17@ Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 7-13vs No. 20 Virginia | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 22 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 42-31
vs Kansas
1 interception · 4 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Kansas at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%6 TFL41 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 41-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 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
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #255 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #11 of 28 SEC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Eli Drinkwitz.
