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 / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Devin Danielson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 95, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Devin Danielson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8675

Thomas Jefferson · Clairton, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
75
TFL
10.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Devin Danielson quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DL
Career Tackles
75
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
3-star · Thomas Jefferson · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Thomas Jefferson · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DL 418th (top 42%) · ACC 235th (top 38%) · National 2,261st (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh912102-019.9
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh92032.51-046.4
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh7311--034.9
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh71021--034.9
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh914201-020.5
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh7161.51.5--023.6

Related Context

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 6.5 primary output with 16.5 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.

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.8

Usage

3

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 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. Wofford: 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.

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins

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 CincinnatiSplash gameL 21-2732110
Sat 9/2vs WoffordW 45-710000

Player Story

Devin Danielson story

Devin Danielson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 95, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Devin Danielson's career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Devin Danielson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh38.92.1
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh6.516.53.83.5
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh514.94-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh514.940
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh39.82.2-2
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh313.830

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 1 · L 21-31 · Postseason

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 5 · L 29-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Boston College

Week 14 · L 19-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Cincinnati

Week 2 · L 21-27

2

Havoc Plays

66.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 3 · L 41-44

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

6.5 primary output · 16.5 efficiency · 3.8 usage

46.4

#2

2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

34.9

5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

34.9

5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games