Mike Daniels Jr.: CB · West Virginia · #4.
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Mike Daniels Jr.
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Two seasons in the West Virginia secondary to date. On tape: 6 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 9 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | 41 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 42 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31vs No. 21 Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-20vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-16vs Delaware State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-34@ Kansas | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ No. 8 TCU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-36@ Baylor | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-28vs Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-59@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-30vs Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 41 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
41tackles this season41 tackles · 1 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
480 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 42 tackles — the college career is complete.
