#31

Daylen Gill

Senior linebacker for Southern Miss. 2022: 76 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Southern Miss · Sr. · #31

5′11″ · 225 lb · Louisville, MS

CFB Index 56 · #224 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceSouthern Miss 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 89 nationally · Joined Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Southern Miss. 2022: 76 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2020.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Southern Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 99 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20207 games

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Jones College

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#89 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

2021–2022

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scotty Walden → Will Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #224 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (88th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#173 / 2755 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#301 / 2755 · 88th pct

7.0

Solo tackles#455 / 2755 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Sacks#711 / 2755 · 72nd pct

1.5

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.0	0.4	0.2	0.2
Road6g	5.7	0.8	0.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.6	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #224 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #224 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Southern Miss	76	32	7.0	1.5	3	--	--
2021	Ole Miss	5	3	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Ole Miss	18	11	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		99	46	8.0	1.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 27–24

at Tulane

8 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Hunt — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG · Z. Wilcke — 194 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 6 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-29vs Liberty	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-30@ Miami	6	4	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 64-10vs Northwestern State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Tulane	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-27@ Troy	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 20-19vs Arkansas State	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Texas State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 39-24vs Louisiana	11	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-42vs Georgia State	12	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 11	L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina	7	1	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-27vs South Alabama	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 20-10@ UL Monroe	4	0	0.5	0.5	—	1
Total		76	32	7.0	1.5	—	3

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