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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Central Michigan
Dakota Cochran
LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Shaker Heights, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dakota Cochran shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Central Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Dakota Cochran built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Shaker Heights, OH wearing No. 1, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Dakota Cochran's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Central Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Dakota Cochran, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan. Dakota Cochran shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 216
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Dakota Cochran quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Central Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 216
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Shaker Heights · Central Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Shaker Heights · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 81 tackles · LB 102nd (top 8%) · Mid-American 15th (top 3%) · National 137th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 8 | 25 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 10 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 12 | 54 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Central Michigan | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 13 | 76 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 66.4 |
Related Context
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Dakota Cochran played LB for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dakota Cochran recorded 216 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Central Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Central Michigan paired 15.5 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn 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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2022 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
22.4
Usage
4.4
Consistency
69.1
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 0. South Alabama: 1. Bucknell: 1. Penn State: 2. Toledo: 0. Ball State: 1. Akron: 1. Bowling Green: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Bucknell: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 4 by 36.7. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 0 by 10. Akron: 8 by 43.3. Bowling Green: 4 by 31.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/22 | vs Bowling Green | L 18-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Akron | W 28-21 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ball State | L 16-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Toledo | L 17-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Penn StateSplash game | L 14-33 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Bucknell | W 41-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs South Alabama | L 24-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | @ Oklahoma State | L 44-58 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dakota Cochran story
Dakota Cochran built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Shaker Heights, OH wearing No. 1, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Dakota Cochran's career was his defensive production: 216 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Dakota Cochran's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Central Michigan
2021-2025
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | 7 | 1.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 7.5 | 22.4 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 5 | 26.3 | 6.9 | -2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 15 | 31.3 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 2025 Postseason | Central Michigan | 15.5 | 37.9 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 15.5 | 37.9 | 9.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 10 · L 21-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 48 Toledo
Week 14 · L 3-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Akron
Week 7 · W 17-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 37-34 · Conference game
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.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 12 · L 10-37 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
15.5 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 9.3 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Central Michigan
66.4
15.5 primary · 37.9 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan
61.2
15 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
11
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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