Omar Daniels is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.
Daniels plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Brent Key. First career honor, 2025: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Georgia — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| 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 No. 12 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 No. 4 Georgia | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
 Bowl | L 21-25vs No. 12 BYU | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 39 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL60 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
60 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #233 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #32 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,031 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Klieman and Brent Key.
