Player Dossier

2022-2025

Oklahoma

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.

Usage / Role

89%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

85

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

94

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9578

Beggs · Beggs, OK

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State12695.5043051.8
2023 PostseasonOklahoma State14710-1046.9
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State14984.52--046.9
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma State126410.55.537077.2
2025 PostseasonOklahoma134-0--042.7
2025 Regular SeasonOklahoma135010123042.7

Related Context

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

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 43.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, Oklahoma.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.2

Efficiency

43.9

Usage

11.9

Consistency

65.9

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 1. Arkansas: 3.5. Tulsa: 3. Utah: 3.5. Kansas State: 1. West Virginia: 3. BYU: 1. Baylor: 2. Arizona State: 0. TCU: 2.5. Texas Tech: 1. Colorado: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas: 7 by 64.2. Tulsa: 2 by 38.3. Utah: 7 by 64.2. Kansas State: 7 by 39.2. West Virginia: 3 by 42.5. BYU: 2 by 18.3. Baylor: 4 by 36.7. Arizona State: 8 by 33.3. TCU: 5 by 45.8. Texas Tech: 10 by 51.7. Colorado: 6 by 70

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 9 · -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

Colorado

Best efficiency game

70 vs Colorado

Result
Fri 11/29@ Colorado2+ sacks · Splash gameL 0-52642.5020
Sat 11/23vs Texas Tech10+ tacklesL 48-561060.500.500
Sun 11/10@ TCUSplash gameL 13-38531.5001
Sat 11/2vs Arizona StateL 21-4286000
Sat 10/26@ BaylorSplash gameL 28-3844001
Sat 10/19@ BYUL 35-3821001
Sat 10/5vs West VirginiaSplash gameL 14-3833210
Sat 9/28@ Kansas StateL 20-4275100
Sat 9/21vs UtahSplash gameL 19-22751.5010
Sat 9/14@ TulsaSplash gameW 45-1021111
Sat 9/7vs ArkansasSplash gameW 39-31740.5002
Sat 8/31vs South Dakota StateW 44-2033001

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

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

  1. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oklahoma

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State15.536.97.3
2023 PostseasonOklahoma State10.538.810-5
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State10.538.8100
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma State2643.911.915.5
2025 PostseasonOklahoma1629.66.1-10
2025 Regular SeasonOklahoma1629.66.10

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

3

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

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#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