Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kentucky
Daveren Rayner
LB • 6'2" • 217 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Daveren Rayner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Daveren Rayner built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 7, spending time with Kentucky and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Daveren Rayner's career was...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Daveren Rayner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Daveren Rayner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 240
- TFL
- 20.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Daveren Rayner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · LB
- Career Tackles
- 240
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Missouri
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lawrence Central · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Lawrence Central · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · LB 172nd (top 14%) · SEC 34th (top 5%) · National 285th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | 71 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 71.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12 | 69 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 65.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northern Illinois to Kentucky | G5/FCS to P4 | 80.5 | Apr 28, 2023 |
Daveren Rayner played LB for Northern Illinois and Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Daveren Rayner recorded 240 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 12.5 primary output with 51.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
36.7
Usage
9.9
Consistency
43.9
Best Game by takeover score
Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 1. Texas: 1. Tennessee: 2. Auburn: 2. Florida: 4. Tennessee Tech: 0. Vanderbilt: 2.5. Louisville: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 6 by 35. Ole Miss: 8 by 33.3. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 22.5. South Carolina: 7 by 29.2. Georgia: 4 by 26.7. Texas: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 2 by 28.3. Auburn: 8 by 53.3. Florida: 5 by 60.8. Tennessee Tech: 5 by 20.8. Vanderbilt: 15 by 75. Louisville: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.6 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 7 · -0.4 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
Florida
Best efficiency game
75 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ LouisvilleSplash game | L 0-41 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Vanderbilt10+ tackles · Splash game | L 17-45 | 15 | 8 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 42-10 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 38-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ AuburnSplash game | W 10-3 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs TennesseeSplash game | L 34-56 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas | L 13-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia | L 14-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Daveren Rayner story
Daveren Rayner built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 7, spending time with Kentucky and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Daveren Rayner's career was his defensive production: 240 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Daveren Rayner'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
Northern Illinois
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Kentucky
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 28.8 | 8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 24.2 | 4.6 | -4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12.5 | 51.6 | 13 | 10.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 5 | 15.9 | 3.5 | -7.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 15.9 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 21 | 7.4 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 16.5 | 36.7 | 9.9 | 13.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Missouri
Week 7 · L 21-38 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 63 Florida
Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Toledo
Week 14 · L 24-41 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Ball State
Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 7 · W 39-10 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
12.5 primary output · 51.6 efficiency · 13 usage
71.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
65.8
16.5 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
43.4
6 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
15
Impact games
14
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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