Kendal Daniels

Former linebacker at Oklahoma. 2025: 54 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Oklahoma · Sr. · #5

6′5″ · 242 lb · Beggs, OK

CFB Index 56 · #241 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceDrafted by Atlanta — Rd 4, Pick 34, #134 overall

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

Tackles for loss: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

10 TFL · 1 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 6 tackles, 2.5 TFL, vs Ole Miss

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Oklahoma. 2025: 54 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2021.
Transferred from Oklahoma State to Oklahoma in 2025.
Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oklahoma, 292 tackles — drafted at #134 overall by Atlanta.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2021

Signed with Oklahoma State4-star out of Beggs

202212 games

Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Yearwinner
All-Big 12second

202314 games

All-Big 12

202513 games

Entered the portal

2026

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 134

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#101 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #134

Atlanta · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

Played his entire career under Brent Venables.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season

#134Rd 4 · Pick 34

Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season

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2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma State10-4HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #241 of 583?

High confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.6	0.8	0.0	0.4
Road5g	3.4	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.8	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.8	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

56 · #241 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #241 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma	54	29	10.0	1.0	3	--	--
2024	Oklahoma State	64	45	10.5	5.5	7	--	--
2023	Oklahoma State	105	62	5.5	2.0	1	2	--
2022	Oklahoma State	69	43	5.5	0.0	3	3	--
Career		292	179	31.5	8.5	14	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 33–27

at Tennessee

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

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

With J. Mateer — 159 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.3 · 80 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · G. Miller — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week