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Daymion Sanford

Senior linebacker for Texas A&M. 2025: 57 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Texas A&M · Sr. · #27

6′2″ · 228 lb · Katy, TX · Paetow

CFB Index 78 · #70 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Texas A&M for 2026

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How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles for loss: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

10 TFL · 4 sacks · 2 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Mississippi State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Texas A&M. 2025: 57 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2023.

His career, year by year

Daymion Sanford

LB · Texas A&M · Sr · #27

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Daymion Sanford has been at Texas A&M through two head coaches in three seasons. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: SEC Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 2 TFL against Mississippi State, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Elijah Robinson · Balanced

2024Texas A&M8-5HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2025Texas A&M11-2HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #70 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.0	0.6	0.3	0.1
Road5g	4.4	1.1	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	1.1	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

78 · #70 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #70 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #11 of 76 SEC LBs

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	Texas A&M	57	26	10.0	4.0	2	1	--
2024	Texas A&M	33	24	3.5	1.0	4	--	--
2023	Texas A&M	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		94	53	13.5	5.0	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 41–40

at Notre Dame

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.

With M. Reed — 360 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · 37 rush yds (7 car) · M. Craver — 7 rec · 207 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs UTSA	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-40@ Notre Dame	7	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 16-10vs Auburn	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-9vs Mississippi State	9	4	2.0	1.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	W 34-17vs Florida	8	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 45-42@ Arkansas	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-25@ LSU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 38-17@ Missouri	5	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-30vs South Carolina	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 48-0vs Samford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-27@ Texas	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 3-10vs Miami	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		57	26	10.0	4.0	1	2

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

57Tackles

26Solo

10TFL

4Sacks

2Pass def.

1INT

57 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 10 TFL.

Week 31 sack
Week 51 sack
Week 61 sack · 1 INT
Week 71 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 111 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Texas A&M

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Texas A&M

Returning around him

10 Texas A&M players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (19 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas A&M · Last season: 11-2 (AP #7) · Talent rank #7 · 2026 recruiting class #10

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to James Gordon Iv’s 2023 season.

James Gordon Iv

80%match

South Florida · 2023

Harold Perkins

LSU · 2025

All-SEC

77%

Braylan Lovelace

Pittsburgh · 2024

76%

Ryan Henry

Old Dominion · 2022

73%

Aaron Beasley

Tennessee · 2023

72%

Matches James on

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Class year

Differs from James on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Curtis Jacobs's junior season at Penn State (2022).

Curtis Jacobs

75%match

Penn State · 2022

Jaylen Sneed

Notre Dame · 2024

75%

Antonio Watts

Louisville · 2025

74%

Charlie Gray

Marshall · 2022

72%

Jibreel Al-Amin

Marshall · 2025

72%

Matches Curtis on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Curtis on

Solo tackle rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Daymion Sanford

Harold Perkins

LSU · 2025

77%

Mekhi Mason

Louisiana Tech · 2025

62%

Background

2024 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games, making three starts ... Made a pair of tackles against Notre Dame ... Had a tackle and a breakup against McNeese in his first career start ... Made a pair of tackles, including 1.0 for a 5-yard loss, in the win over Bowling Green ... Tallied three tackles...

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The linebacker corps · Texas A&M

#21Ray ConeyLB · Sr.128 tackles · 2025
#27Daymion SanfordLB · Sr.57 tackles · 2025
Noah MikhailLB · So.16 tackles · 2025
#54Jordan LockhartLB · Jr.12 tackles · 2025
#45Tommy ColliganLB · Sr.1 tackle · 2025

8 more on the roster · Texas A&M team page

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