Roderick Daniels

Senior defensive lineman for Kennesaw State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Kennesaw State · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 250 lb · Horn Lake, MS

CFB Index 62 · #110 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Kennesaw State for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

2 TFL · 31 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 9 tackles, vs Louisiana Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Kennesaw State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Liberty in 2024.

His career, year by year

Roderick Daniels

DL · Kennesaw State · Sr · #8

Wins his gap play after play. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jamey Chadwell and Jerry Mack. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Louisiana Tech, Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #110 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.2
Road6g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jerry Mack

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

62 · #110 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #110 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #14 of 45 Conference USA DLs

How the All-Conference USA 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	Kennesaw State	31	12	2.0	1.5	1	--	--
2024	Liberty	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		32	12	2.0	1.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 27–13

vs Merrimack

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

With A. Odom — 108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 42.2 · 22 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Huiet — 0 TFL · 1 TOT · 37 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 9-10@ Wake Forest	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Merrimack	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 28-21vs Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-16vs Middle Tennessee	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 35-7vs Louisiana Tech	9	2	1.0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 11	W 24-21@ New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-35@ Jacksonville State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 41-34vs Missouri State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 48-42@ Liberty	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 19-15@ Jacksonville State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 6-41@ Western Michigan	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		31	12	2.0	1.5	—	1

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

Roderick Daniels

2024

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base