Player Dossier

2021-2021

Fresno State

Daron Bland

DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Modesto, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daron Bland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Daron Bland built his college career in 2021 as a defensive back from Modesto, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Daron Bland's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 1...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 24
Overall
No. 167
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Daron Bland, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Fresno State. Daron Bland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
45
TFL
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Daron Bland quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · DB
Career Tackles
45
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
San José State
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 5 · Pick 24 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
45 tackles · DB 178th (top 20%) · Mountain West 65th (top 12%) · National 747th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonFresno State133-0--041.2
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State134210-5041.2

Related Context

Daron Bland played DB for Fresno State. Across 1 tracked season, Daron Bland recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Fresno State paired 8 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

20.6

Usage

3.8

Consistency

12.8

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 0. Oregon: 0. UConn: 1. Cal Poly: 0. UCLA: 1. UNLV: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Wyoming: 0. Nevada: 1. San Diego State: 0. Boise State: 2. New Mexico: 0. San José State: 3

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 3 by 22.5. Cal Poly: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 14.2. UNLV: 3 by 12.5. Hawai'i: 4 by 16.7. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 6 by 35. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 6 by 45. New Mexico: 5 by 20.8. San José State: 7 by 59.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 10 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs San José State

Result
Sat 12/18vs UTEPW 31-2432000
Thu 11/25@ San José StateSplash gameW 40-976003
Sun 11/14vs New MexicoW 34-754000
Sat 11/6vs Boise StateSplash gameL 14-40640011
Sun 10/31@ San Diego StateW 30-2032000
Sat 10/23vs NevadaW 34-32650010
Sat 10/16@ WyomingW 17-010000
Sun 10/3@ Hawai'iL 24-2744000
Sat 9/25vs UNLVW 38-3033000
Sun 9/19@ UCLAW 40-3711001
Sun 9/12vs Cal PolyW 63-1020000
Sat 9/4@ OregonL 24-3110000
Sat 8/28vs UConnW 45-033100

Player Story

Daron Bland story

Daron Bland built his college career in 2021 as a defensive back from Modesto, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Daron Bland's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Daron Bland's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonFresno State820.63.8
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State820.63.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 13 · W 40-9 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Boise State

Week 10 · L 14-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#3

@ San Diego State

Week 2

1

Havoc Plays

61.3 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Fresno State

Week 4

1

Havoc Plays

61.3 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Nevada

Week 8 · W 34-32 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

41.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Fresno State

8 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage

41.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Fresno State

41.2

8 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games