Player Dossier

2022-2024

Ball State

Danny Royster

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Danny Royster shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

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
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Danny Royster built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 43, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Danny Royster's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8056

Lawrence North · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Danny Royster, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ball State. Danny Royster shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4
TFL
2
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Danny Royster quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · LB
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Georgia
Recruit profile
3-star · Lawrence North · Ball State
High school pipeline
Lawrence North · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 43 · Sophomore
2024 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,025th (top 84%) · Mid-American 380th (top 71%) · National 4,248th (top 70%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonBall State2211--066.1
2024 Regular SeasonBall State1210--065.8

Related Context

Danny Royster played LB for Ball State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Danny Royster recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Ball State paired 2 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

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

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2024 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

18.3

Usage

11.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Miami

Result
Sat 9/14@ MiamiL 0-6221100

Player Story

Danny Royster story

Danny Royster built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 43, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Danny Royster's career was his defensive production: 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 3 career games in the available record. That gives Danny Royster's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ball State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBall State0
2023 Regular SeasonBall State214.213.32
2024 Regular SeasonBall State118.311.4-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia

Week 2 · L 3-45

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Miami

Week 3 · L 0-62

1

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia Southern

Week 4 · L 3-40

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

2 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 13.3 usage

66.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

65.8

1 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games