Player Dossier

2024-2024

UCF

Daylan Dotson

DE • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Savannah, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daylan Dotson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.3

Efficiency

28.6

Consistency

46.4

Season Value

45.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Scouting Read

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Daylan Dotson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCF. Daylan Dotson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Daylan Dotson played DE for UCF. Across 1 tracked season, Daylan Dotson recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

UCF paired 19.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Regular Season · UCF

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

28.6

Usage

8.3

Consistency

46.4

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Hampshire: 1.5. Sam Houston: 1.5. TCU: 0. Florida: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Iowa State: 4. BYU: 6. Arizona: 1. Arizona State: 3. West Virginia: 2.5. Utah: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Hampshire: 3 by 27.5. Sam Houston: 3 by 27.5. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 2 by 48.3. BYU: 8 by 83.3. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 2 by 38.3. West Virginia: 6 by 50. Utah: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 4 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs BYU

Result
Sat 11/30vs UtahL 14-2810000
Sat 11/23@ West VirginiaSplash gameL 21-31621.5000
Sun 11/10@ Arizona StateSplash gameL 31-3522110
Sat 11/2vs ArizonaW 56-1211000
Sat 10/26vs BYU2+ sacks · Splash gameL 24-3787320
Sat 10/19@ Iowa StateSplash gameL 35-3821111
Sat 10/12vs CincinnatiL 13-1911000
Sat 10/5@ FloridaL 13-2421000
Sat 9/14@ TCUW 35-3421000
Sat 9/7vs Sam HoustonW 45-14321.5000
Thu 8/29vs New HampshireW 57-3311.5000

Career Arc

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    UCF

    2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonUCF19.528.68.3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Boise State

Game with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.4 takeover score.

#2

BYU

6

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#3

Tennessee

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

#4

Iowa State

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

#5

Arizona State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 34.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · UCF

19.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 8.3 usage

45.8

Milestones

2

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

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Career Facts

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Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

31

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 15 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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