Omar Daniels

Senior defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 60 tackles.

DB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 195 lb · Moultrie, GA

CFB Index 54 · #233 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Georgia Tech for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 60 tackles · 3.5 TFL

Swing playSwung Georgia Tech from 27% to 53% to win.Georgia Tech at Duke · 27-18

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2021.
Transferred from Kansas State to Georgia Tech in 2023.

His career, year by year

Omar Daniels

DB · Georgia Tech · Sr · #9

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Brent Key. His first career honor landed in 2025: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Georgia — Week 14, 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

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #233 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#401 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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
Home7g	5.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road6g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #233 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #233 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #32 of 75 ACC DBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Georgia Tech	60	39	3.5	0.5	1	1	--
2024	Georgia Tech	51	35	2.5	0.0	3	--	--
2023	Georgia Tech	4	4	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Kansas State	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		118	81	7.0	0.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Clemson

7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ Colorado	5	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 24-21vs Clemson	7	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Temple	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 30-29@ Wake Forest	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 35-20vs Virginia Tech	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 27-18@ Duke	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Syracuse	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 36-48@ NC State	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 36-34@ Boston College	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Pittsburgh	5	4	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	L 9-16vs Georgia	10	6	1.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Bowl	L 21-25@ BYU	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	1
Total		60	39	3.5	0.5	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

60Tackles

39Solo

3.5TFL

0.5Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

60 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 31 INT
Week 130.5 sacks

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

Georgia Tech

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Georgia Tech

Returning around him

2 Georgia Tech players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (19 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #41

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Shilo Sanders’s 2024 season.

Shilo Sanders

87%match

Colorado · 2024

Ahmari Harvey

Georgia Tech · 2024

87%

Marcus Fuqua

Buffalo · 2024

87%

Brandon McKinney

Utah · 2021

85%

Te'Rai Powell

Massachusetts · 2021

85%

Matches Shilo on

Weight

PD rate

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Akili Arnold's graduate season at USC (2024).

Akili Arnold

88%match

USC · 2024

Marcus Fuqua

Buffalo · 2024

All-MAC

87%

Quadric Bullard

UCF · 2024

85%

Justin Whiteside

Central Michigan · 2024

84%

Javon Mcintyre

Pittsburgh · 2025

82%

Matches Akili on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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

2021

20234 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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