Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2024UCF
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.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Player Story
Daylan Dotson built his college career in 2024 as a defensive end from Savannah, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Daylan Dotson's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 9.5...
Read the storyDaylan 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Daylan Dotson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DE
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- BYU
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DE 63rd (top 23%) · Big 12 157th (top 22%) · National 1,349th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 31 | 9.5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
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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 11/30 | vs Utah | L 14-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ West VirginiaSplash game | L 21-31 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | L 31-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Arizona | W 56-12 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs BYU2+ sacks · Splash game | L 24-37 | 8 | 7 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | L 35-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Cincinnati | L 13-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Florida | L 13-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ TCU | W 35-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Sam Houston | W 45-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/29 | vs New Hampshire | W 57-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Daylan Dotson story
Daylan Dotson built his college career in 2024 as a defensive end from Savannah, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Daylan Dotson's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with UCF. 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 Daylan Dotson's production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Daylan Dotson 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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UCF
2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 19.5 | 28.6 | 8.3 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs BYU
Week 9 · L 24-37 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Boise State
Week 3
4
Havoc Plays
78.4 takeover
Game with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa State
Week 8 · L 35-38 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 11 · L 31-35 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 13 · L 21-31 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
59.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UCF
19.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 8.3 usage
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Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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