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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Oklahoma
Kendal Daniels
LB • 6'5" • 242 lbs • Beggs, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kendal Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oklahoma State • Oklahoma
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Kendal Daniels built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Beggs, OK wearing No. 5, spending time with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Kendal Daniels' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 34
- Overall
- No. 134
- NFL Team
- Atlanta Falcons
Kendal Daniels, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State. Kendal Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 292
- TFL
- 31.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 14
Quick Answers
Kendal Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma · LB
- Career Tackles
- 292
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Beggs · Oklahoma State
- High school pipeline
- Beggs · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 4 · Pick 34 · Atlanta Falcons
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 253rd (top 20%) · SEC 68th (top 9%) · National 515th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 12 | 69 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 14 | 98 | 4.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 12 | 64 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 77.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Oklahoma | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 13 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 42.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State to Oklahoma | P4 to P4 | 86.3 | Jan 6, 2025 |
Kendal Daniels played LB for Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kendal Daniels recorded 292 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Oklahoma State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Oklahoma State paired 26 primary output with 43.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 29.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, Oklahoma.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
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 Postseason · Oklahoma
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
29.6
Usage
6.1
Consistency
28.9
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Illinois State: 1.5. Michigan: 2.5. Temple: 0. Auburn: 0.5. Kent State: 0. Texas: 3. South Carolina: 4. Ole Miss: 3.5. Tennessee: 0. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 1. LSU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Illinois State: 3 by 27.5. Michigan: 4 by 41.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 5 by 25.8. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 6 by 55. South Carolina: 6 by 65. Ole Miss: 6 by 60. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 7 by 39.2. LSU: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.9 · Games = 10 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 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
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
65 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/20 | vs Alabama | L 24-34 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs LSU | W 17-13 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Missouri | W 17-6 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Alabama | W 23-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Tennessee | W 33-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Ole MissSplash game | L 26-34 | 6 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | W 26-7 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ TexasSplash game | L 6-23 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kent State | W 44-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Auburn | W 24-17 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Temple | W 42-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs MichiganSplash game | W 24-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Illinois State | W 35-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Kendal Daniels story
Kendal Daniels built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Beggs, OK wearing No. 5, spending time with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Kendal Daniels' career was his defensive production: 292 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Oklahoma State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kendal Daniels' production has multiple signals. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
The arc is straightforward: Kendal Daniels moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Oklahoma State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Oklahoma
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 15.5 | 36.9 | 7.3 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 10.5 | 38.8 | 10 | -5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 10.5 | 38.8 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 26 | 43.9 | 11.9 | 15.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Oklahoma | 16 | 29.6 | 6.1 | -10 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 16 | 29.6 | 6.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 14 · L 0-52 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 49 South Carolina
Week 8 · W 26-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas A&M
Week 1 · W 31-23 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Utah
Week 4 · L 19-22 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
80.7 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · W 20-14 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
26 primary output · 43.9 efficiency · 11.9 usage
77.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
51.8
15.5 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Oklahoma State
46.9
10.5 primary · 38.8 efficiency · 10 usage
Milestones
19
Impact games
19
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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