Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Tennessee
Danny O'Brien
DL • 6'2" • Flint, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Danny O'Brien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Danny O'Brien built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Flint, MI wearing No. 95, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Danny O'Brien's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Danny O'Brien, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tennessee. Danny O'Brien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Danny O'Brien quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DL
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Flint Powers Catholic · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Flint Powers Catholic · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 364th (top 52%) · SEC 277th (top 46%) · National 2,348th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 53.3 |
Related Context
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Danny O'Brien played DL for Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Danny O'Brien recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 4 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
16.4
Usage
3.8
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. App State: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. Ohio: 1. Florida: 1. Georgia: 1. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 2 by 18.3. Ohio: 2 by 18.3. Florida: 2 by 18.3. Georgia: 3 by 22.5. Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Georgia
Player Story
Danny O'Brien story
Danny O'Brien built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Flint, MI wearing No. 95, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Danny O'Brien's career was his defensive production: 14 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Danny O'Brien's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 16.4 | 3.8 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia
Week 5 · W 34-31 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida
Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Virginia Tech
Week 2 · W 45-24
1
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 3 · W 28-19
1
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 6 · L 38-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
4 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage
53.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · Tennessee
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Tennessee
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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