Usage / Role
27%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Nebraska
Damion Daniels
DL • 6'3" • 335 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Damion Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Damion Daniels built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Dallas, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Damion Daniels' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Damion Daniels, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska. Damion Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Damion Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DL
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bishop Dunne · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Dunne · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 147th (top 16%) · Big Ten 128th (top 21%) · National 1,243rd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 33 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 37.1 |
Related Context
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Damion Daniels played DL for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Damion Daniels recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 4 primary output with 14.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
16.1
Usage
2.8
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 0. Illinois: 2. Buffalo: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Michigan State: 1. Northwestern: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 0. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fordham: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 6 by 45. Buffalo: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
45 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | @ Wisconsin | L 28-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Ohio State | L 17-26 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Purdue | L 23-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Minnesota | L 23-30 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Michigan | L 29-32 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Northwestern | W 56-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Michigan State | L 20-23 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Oklahoma | L 16-23 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Buffalo | W 28-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Fordham | W 52-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/28 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 22-30 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Damion Daniels story
Damion Daniels built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Dallas, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Damion Daniels' career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Damion Daniels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nebraska
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 10 | 2.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 9 | 1.4 | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 14.9 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 16.1 | 2.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa
Week 13 · L 20-26 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 22-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Minnesota
Week 15 · L 17-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 9 · W 45-9
1
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 12 · L 23-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
4 primary output · 14.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
50.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
40.3
0 primary · 9 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
37.1
4 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 2.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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