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Player Dossier
2019-2024Georgia State
KD McDaniel
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Tifton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
KD McDaniel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kentucky • UCF • Georgia State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
KD McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Tifton, GA wearing No. 47, spending time with Georgia State, Kentucky, and UCF. The clearest part of KD McDaniel's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Toledo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
KD McDaniel, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State. KD McDaniel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 67
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
KD McDaniel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cahokia · Toledo
- High school pipeline
- Cahokia · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 47 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · LB 357th (top 30%) · Sun Belt 87th (top 14%) · National 885th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 11 | - | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia State | 12 | 42 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
KD McDaniel played LB for Kentucky, UCF, and Georgia State. Across 6 tracked seasons, KD McDaniel recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Georgia State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Georgia State paired 8.5 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, UCF, Georgia State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
21.7
Usage
5.9
Consistency
25.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Chattanooga: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Marshall: 0. App State: 0. UConn: 1. James Madison: 2. Arkansas State: 1. Texas State: 3. Coastal Carolina: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 3 by 17.5. Chattanooga: 6 by 35. Vanderbilt: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 5 by 20.8. App State: 2 by 8.3. UConn: 3 by 22.5. James Madison: 3 by 32.5. Arkansas State: 1 by 14.2. Texas State: 7 by 59.2. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 9 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 27-48 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Texas StateSplash game | W 52-44 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Arkansas State | L 20-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ James MadisonSplash game | L 7-38 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/1 | @ UConn | L 27-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ App State | L 26-33 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/17 | @ Marshall | L 20-35 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Old Dominion | L 14-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Georgia Southern | L 21-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Vanderbilt | W 36-32 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Chattanooga | W 24-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | @ Georgia Tech | L 12-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
KD McDaniel story
KD McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Tifton, GA wearing No. 47, spending time with Georgia State, Kentucky, and UCF. The clearest part of KD McDaniel's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives KD McDaniel's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kentucky
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Georgia State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 16.3 | 3.6 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 3 | 12 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 12 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 4 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia State | 8.5 | 21.7 | 5.9 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas State
Week 13 · W 52-44 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 56-16
3
Havoc Plays
73 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina State
Week 1 · W 56-10
2
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#4
vs Cincinnati
Week 9 · W 25-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#5
vs UT Martin
Week 13 · W 50-7
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
8.5 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCF
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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