Player Dossier

2020-2022

Southern Miss

Daylen Gill

LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Louisville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daylen Gill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

63%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

85

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 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: Miami

Player Story

Daylen Gill built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Louisville, MS wearing No. 31, spending time with Ole Miss and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Daylen Gill's career was his...

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Daylen Gill, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Daylen Gill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
99
TFL
8
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Daylen Gill quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · LB
Career Tackles
99
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Miami
Latest roster
No. 31 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
76 tackles · LB 125th (top 11%) · Sun Belt 21st (top 4%) · National 177th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonOle Miss7180.501-013.7
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss450.50--07.6
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss127671.513062.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Ole Miss to Southern MissP4 to G5/FCS76.3Nov 29, 2021

Daylen Gill played LB for Ole Miss and Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daylen Gill recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 12.5 primary output with 36.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2022 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: Miami

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

36.8

Usage

7.2

Consistency

53.8

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0.5. Miami: 3. Northwestern State: 1. Tulane: 0. Troy: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Texas State: 0. Louisiana: 2. Georgia State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2. South Alabama: 1. UL Monroe: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 4 by 21.7. Miami: 6 by 55. Northwestern State: 0 by 10. Tulane: 8 by 33.3. Troy: 6 by 25. Arkansas State: 8 by 43.3. Texas State: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 11 by 65.8. Georgia State: 12 by 50. Coastal Carolina: 7 by 49.2. South Alabama: 7 by 39.2. UL Monroe: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 6 · +0.1 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

Miami

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 11/26@ UL MonroeSplash gameW 20-10400.500.501
Sat 11/19vs South AlabamaL 20-2773000
Sun 11/13@ Coastal CarolinaSplash gameL 23-2671200
Sat 11/5vs Georgia State10+ tacklesL 14-42125000
Thu 10/27vs Louisiana10+ tackles · Splash gameW 39-24111110
Sat 10/22@ Texas StateW 20-1433000
Sat 10/15vs Arkansas StateW 20-1986100
Sat 10/8@ TroyL 10-2763000
Sat 9/24@ TulaneW 27-2484000
Sat 9/17vs Northwestern StateW 64-1000001
Sat 9/10@ MiamiSplash gameL 7-3064201
Sat 9/3vs LibertyL 27-29420.5000

Player Story

Daylen Gill story

Daylen Gill built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Louisville, MS wearing No. 31, spending time with Ole Miss and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Daylen Gill's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Daylen Gill'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. 1

    Ole Miss

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Southern Miss

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonOle Miss1.512.82.5
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss0.56.51.4-1
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss12.536.87.212

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 2 · L 7-30

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana

Week 9 · W 39-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 11 · L 23-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#4

vs South Alabama

Week 12 · L 20-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#5

vs South Carolina

Week 11 · W 59-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

12.5 primary output · 36.8 efficiency · 7.2 usage

62.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Ole Miss

13.7

1.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss

7.6

0.5 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games