Player Dossier

2019-2023

Pittsburgh

Devin Danielson

DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Devin Danielson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.9

Efficiency

13.8

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

10.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Devin Danielson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Devin Danielson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Devin Danielson played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Devin Danielson recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 5.5 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with 2 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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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.8

Usage

3.9

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Cincinnati: 2. North Carolina: 1. Louisville: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 32.5. North Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Losses0.6 · Games = 5
First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs First Half
All Games0.4 · Games = 7

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Cincinnati

Result
Sat 11/11@ SyracuseL 13-2831000
Sat 10/28@ Notre DameL 7-5810000
Sat 10/21@ Wake ForestL 17-2130000
Sat 10/14vs LouisvilleW 38-2130000
Sun 9/24vs North CarolinaL 24-41200.500.500
Sat 9/9vs CincinnatiL 21-2732110
Sat 9/2vs Unknown10000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Pittsburgh

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh16.71.6
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh5.515.44.64.5
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh514.94.5-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh514.94.50
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh28.72.1-3
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh313.83.91

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

NC State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#2

Cincinnati

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

#3

Michigan State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

#4

Georgia Tech

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#5

Western Michigan

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

5.5 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 4.6 usage

15.2

#2

2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

14.4

5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

14.4

5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8675

Thomas Jefferson · Clairton, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

75

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 41 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.