Player Dossier

2022-2025

Western Michigan

Dakari Frazier

DL • 6'3" • 282 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dakari Frazier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ball State • Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Player Story

Dakari Frazier built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, OH wearing No. 98, spending time with Ball State and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Dakari Frazier's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8293

Pickerington Central · Pickerington, OH

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Dakari Frazier, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ball State. Dakari Frazier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
TFL
2
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Dakari Frazier quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Pickerington Central · Ball State
High school pipeline
Pickerington Central · 39 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DL 630th (top 59%) · Mid-American 266th (top 46%) · National 2,899th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonBall State11-0--037
2024 Regular SeasonBall State3610--025
2025 PostseasonWestern Michigan62-0--035.9
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan6811--035.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Ball State to Western MichiganG5/FCS to G5/FCS21.2Jan 2, 2025

Dakari Frazier played DL for Ball State and Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dakari Frazier recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Ball State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ball State, Western Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Western Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.3

Usage

2.7

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kennesaw State: 0. Illinois: 1. Toledo: 0. Rhode Island: 1. Ball State: 0. Miami (OH): 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Rhode Island: 2 by 18.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Rhode Island

Result
Fri 12/19vs Kennesaw StateW 41-620000
Sat 10/25@ Miami (OH)L 17-2621000
Sat 10/11vs Ball StateW 42-011000
Sat 9/27vs Rhode IslandW 47-14200.500.500
Sat 9/20vs ToledoW 14-1311000
Sat 9/13@ IllinoisL 0-38210.500.500

Player Story

Dakari Frazier story

Dakari Frazier built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, OH wearing No. 98, spending time with Ball State and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Dakari Frazier's career was his defensive production: 17 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Dakari Frazier'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

    Ball State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Michigan

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBall State0
2023 Regular SeasonBall State04.20.80
2024 Regular SeasonBall State111.73.31
2025 PostseasonWestern Michigan210.32.71
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan210.32.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 24 Illinois

Week 3 · L 0-38 · Ranked opponent

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Missouri State

Week 2 · W 42-34

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Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Rhode Island

Week 5 · W 47-14

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#4

@ James Madison

Week 5 · L 7-63

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Havoc Plays

11.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Central Michigan

Week 4 · L 34-37 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Western Michigan

35.9

2 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan

35.9

2 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games