Player Dossier

2014-2016

Northern Illinois

Will Daniels

LB • 5'11" • Green Bay, WI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Will Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

28

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

141516

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.73

Preble · Green Bay, WI

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Will Daniels, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Will Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4

Quick Answers

Will Daniels quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 1 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Preble · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Preble · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 41 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 849th (top 83%) · Mid-American 350th (top 66%) · National 3,642nd (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois14-0--045.3

Related Context

Will Daniels played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Will Daniels recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

16.7

Usage

2.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Thu 11/17@ Eastern MichiganW 31-2442000

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois016.72.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 12 · W 31-24 · Conference game

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

12 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage

45.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games