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Player Dossier
2016-2019Texas State
Nikolas Daniels
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • League City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nikolas Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Nikolas Daniels built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from League City, TX wearing No. 30, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Nikolas Daniels' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Nikolas Daniels, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Texas State. Nikolas Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 245
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Nikolas Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 245
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Clear Creek · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- Naperville North · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 99 tackles · LB 59th (top 5%) · Sun Belt 8th (top 2%) · National 69th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 20.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 11 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 99 | 12 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 71.3 |
Related Context
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Nikolas Daniels played LB for Texas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nikolas Daniels recorded 245 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Texas State paired 22.5 primary output with 51.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 51.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
51.3
Usage
15.3
Consistency
34
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Wyoming: 2. SMU: 0. Georgia State: 4. Nicholls: 4. UL Monroe: 1. Arkansas State: 5.5. Louisiana: 1. South Alabama: 1. Troy: 0.5. App State: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 6 by 25. Wyoming: 11 by 65.8. SMU: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 9 by 77.5. Nicholls: 9 by 77.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas State: 14 by 100. Louisiana: 3 by 22.5. South Alabama: 10 by 51.7. Troy: 4 by 21.7. App State: 11 by 50.8. Coastal Carolina: 14 by 80
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 9 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Coastal Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | L 21-24 | 14 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ App State10+ tackles | L 13-35 | 11 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Troy | L 27-63 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs South Alabama10+ tackles | W 30-28 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Louisiana | L 3-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Arkansas State10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 14-38 | 14 | 6 | — | 3.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/11 | vs UL Monroe | L 14-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs NichollsSplash game | W 24-3 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Georgia StateSplash game | W 37-34 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ SMU | L 17-47 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Wyoming10+ tackles · Splash game | L 14-23 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | @ Texas A&M | L 7-41 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nikolas Daniels story
Nikolas Daniels built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from League City, TX wearing No. 30, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Nikolas Daniels' career was his defensive production: 245 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Nikolas Daniels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 3.5 | 10.6 | 5.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 2 | 16.6 | 3.3 | -1.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 16 | 50.1 | 12.3 | 14 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 22.5 | 51.3 | 15.3 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 9 · L 14-38 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 13 · L 7-33 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 9 · W 27-20
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Nicholls
Week 5 · W 24-3
4
Havoc Plays
83.4 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia State
Week 4 · W 37-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.4 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Texas State
22.5 primary output · 51.3 efficiency · 15.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Texas State
70.6
16 primary · 50.1 efficiency · 12.3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Texas State
20.9
3.5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
10
Splash games
9
10+ tackle games
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