Usage / Role
68%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Indiana
Stephen Daley
DL • 6'1" • 260 lbs • Winchester, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Stephen Daley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
72
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Stephen Daley built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Winchester, VA wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana and Kent State. The clearest part of Stephen Daley's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Stephen Daley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Indiana. Stephen Daley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 137
- TFL
- 34.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 18
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Stephen Daley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · DL
- Career Tackles
- 137
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Handley · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Handley · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · DL 96th (top 9%) · Big Ten 136th (top 18%) · National 1,138th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 47 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | - | 0 | 57 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 13 | 35 | 19 | 5.5 | 5 | - | 0 | 67 |
Related Context
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Stephen Daley played DL for Kent State and Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Stephen Daley recorded 137 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Indiana paired 29.5 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 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 Kent State, Indiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
10.5
Consistency
47.4
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 1. Kennesaw State: 1. Indiana State: 3. Illinois: 1. Iowa: 1. Oregon: 1. Michigan State: 4. UCLA: 1.5. Maryland: 0. Penn State: 3.5. Wisconsin: 3. Purdue: 5.5. Ohio State: 4
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. Old Dominion: 3 by 22.5. Kennesaw State: 3 by 22.5. Indiana State: 2 by 38.3. Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 4 by 26.7. Oregon: 0 by 10. Michigan State: 3 by 52.5. UCLA: 1 by 19.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 4 by 51.7. Wisconsin: 4 by 46.7. Purdue: 6 by 75. Ohio State: 3 by 52.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half1.7 · Games = 7 · -1.2 vs Second Half
Second Half2.9 · Games = 6 · +1.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
75 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/7 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | W 13-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 56-3 | 6 | 5 | — | 4.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs WisconsinSplash game | W 31-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Penn StateSplash game | W 27-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Maryland | W 55-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs UCLA | W 56-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Michigan State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 38-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oregon | W 30-20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Iowa | W 20-15 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Illinois | W 63-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/12 | vs Indiana StateSplash game | W 73-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Kennesaw State | W 56-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Old Dominion | W 27-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Stephen Daley story
Stephen Daley built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Winchester, VA wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana and Kent State. The clearest part of Stephen Daley's career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Stephen Daley'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
Kent State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Indiana
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 2 | 12.2 | 3.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 14.5 | 28.4 | 14.6 | 12.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 22 | 36 | 12.1 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 29.5 | 33.5 | 10.5 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 14 · W 56-3 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Ball State
Week 12 · L 3-34 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Akron
Week 13 · L 17-38 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Pittsburgh
Week 1 · L 24-55
4
Havoc Plays
86 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 12 · L 7-34 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Indiana
29.5 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 10.5 usage
67
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
63.3
22 primary · 36 efficiency · 12.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kent State
57
14.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 14.6 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
16
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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