Daylan Dotson: DE · UCF · #15.
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Daylan Dotson
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Transferred to UCF from UT Martin. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against West Virginia — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UCF | 31 | 19 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Career | 31 | 19 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 57-3vs New Hampshire | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs Sam Houston | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-34@ TCU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-19vs Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-38@ No. 9 Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-37vs No. 11 BYU | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 56-12vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-35@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-31@ West Virginia | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 9.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%4 sacksTFL rate
31%10 TFLHurry rate
16%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
44%4 of 9 pressures31 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
37.5%
310 pass / 516 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at UCF, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
