Player Dossier

2023-2025

Maryland

Daniel Wingate

LB • 6'5" • 230 lbs • Bowie, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daniel Wingate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

82%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

79

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Player Story

Daniel Wingate built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bowie, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Daniel Wingate's career was his defensive production: 163...

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Daniel Wingate, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland. Daniel Wingate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
163
TFL
14
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Daniel Wingate quick answers

Latest team and position
Maryland · LB
Career Tackles
163
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Wisconsin
High school pipeline
St. Vincent Pallotti · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
102 tackles · LB 36th (top 3%) · Big Ten 8th (top 2%) · National 46th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonMaryland53-0--012.4
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland5810--012.4
2024 Regular SeasonMaryland12506.501-041.3
2025 Regular SeasonMaryland121026.51.521265

Related Context

Daniel Wingate played LB for Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daniel Wingate recorded 163 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Maryland paired 12 primary output with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

44.7

Usage

10.2

Consistency

30.6

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 2. Northern Illinois: 0.5. Towson: 0. Wisconsin: 3.5. Washington: 0. Nebraska: 1. UCLA: 3. Indiana: 0.5. Rutgers: 0.5. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 10 by 61.7. Northern Illinois: 14 by 55. Towson: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 11 by 80.8. Washington: 10 by 41.7. Nebraska: 7 by 39.2. UCLA: 9 by 67.5. Indiana: 6 by 30. Rutgers: 12 by 55. Illinois: 6 by 25. Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Michigan State: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

80.8 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sun 11/30@ Michigan StateL 28-3864100
Sat 11/22vs MichiganL 20-4575000
Sat 11/15@ IllinoisL 6-2463000
Sat 11/8@ Rutgers10+ tacklesL 20-351230.5000
Sat 11/1vs IndianaL 10-55630.5000
Sat 10/18@ UCLASplash gameL 17-20981.500.500
Sat 10/11vs NebraskaL 31-3474001
Sat 10/4vs Washington10+ tacklesL 20-24108000
Sat 9/20@ Wisconsin10+ tackles · Splash gameW 27-101171.5010
Sat 9/13vs TowsonW 44-1742000
Fri 9/5vs Northern Illinois10+ tacklesW 20-91460.5000
Sat 8/30vs Florida Atlantic10+ tackles · Splash gameW 39-71091010

Player Story

Daniel Wingate story

Daniel Wingate built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bowie, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Daniel Wingate's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Maryland. 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 Daniel Wingate's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland.

The arc is straightforward: Daniel Wingate 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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    Maryland

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonMaryland111.22.8
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland111.22.80
2024 Regular SeasonMaryland7.523.37.96.5
2025 Regular SeasonMaryland1244.710.24.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 85 Wisconsin

Week 4 · W 27-10 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.6 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 14 · L 7-44 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 98 UCLA

Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · L 17-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic

Week 1 · W 39-7

2

Havoc Plays

72.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Maryland

12 primary output · 44.7 efficiency · 10.2 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Maryland

41.3

7.5 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 7.9 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Maryland

12.4

1 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games