Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Southern Miss
MJ Daniels
CB • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Lucedale, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
MJ Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
60
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ole Miss • Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
MJ Daniels built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a cornerback from Lucedale, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Ole Miss and Southern Miss. The clearest part of MJ Daniels' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ole Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
MJ Daniels, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss. MJ Daniels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 33
- TFL
- 0.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
MJ Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · CB
- Career Tackles
- 33
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · George County · Ole Miss
- High school pipeline
- George County · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · CB 123rd (top 30%) · Sun Belt 189th (top 29%) · National 1,583rd (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 26 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 54.2 |
Related Context
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MJ Daniels played CB for Ole Miss and Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, MJ Daniels recorded 33 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 7 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 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 Ole Miss, Southern Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
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 · Southern Miss
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
19.8
Usage
4.2
Consistency
62
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 1. Texas State: 0. Old Dominion: 0. South Alabama: 1. App State: 1. UL Monroe: 1. Louisiana: 0. Mississippi State: 2. Troy: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Texas State: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 2 by 18.3. App State: 3 by 22.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 5 by 40.8. Troy: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Troy | L 17-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | L 20-41 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 11/10 | @ Louisiana | W 34-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UL Monroe | W 24-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ App State | L 38-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tue 10/17 | @ South Alabama | L 3-55 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Old Dominion | L 13-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Texas State | L 36-50 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Arkansas State | L 37-44 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
MJ Daniels story
MJ Daniels built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a cornerback from Lucedale, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Ole Miss and Southern Miss. The clearest part of MJ Daniels' career was his defensive production: 33 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Southern Miss. 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 MJ Daniels' production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ole Miss and Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: MJ 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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Ole Miss
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 1 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 7 | 19.8 | 4.2 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Mississippi State
Week 12 · L 20-41
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
55.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.
#2
@ South Alabama
Week 8 · L 3-55 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Georgia Tech
Week 3 · W 42-0
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Havoc Plays
47 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Arkansas State
Week 4 · L 37-44 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
7 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 4.2 usage
54.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss
36.3
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ole Miss
12.9
1 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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