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Player Dossier
2013-2017Auburn
Daniel Carlson
PK • 6'4" • 223 lbs • Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Impact contributor
Daniel Carlson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Daniel Carlson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a placekicker from Colorado Springs, CO wearing No. 38, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Daniel Carlson's career was his special-teams...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 167
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Daniel Carlson, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Auburn. Daniel Carlson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
- Rushing yards
- 20
Quick Answers
Daniel Carlson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 1
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Auburn
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · The Classical Academy · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- The Classical Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 5 · Pick 30 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Class 2017
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Auburn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Auburn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2015 Postseason | Auburn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Auburn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2016 Postseason | Auburn | 13 | 0 | 1 | 51.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Auburn | 13 | 1 | 1 | 51.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Daniel Carlson played PK for Auburn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Daniel Carlson recorded 20 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Auburn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Auburn paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2017 Postseason · Auburn
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Clemson: 0. Mercer: 0. Missouri: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Ole Miss: 0. LSU: 0. Arkansas: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Georgia: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Alabama: 0. Georgia: 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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 10 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
— vs UCF
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Mon 1/1 | vs UCF | L 27-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | vs Georgia | L 7-28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Alabama | W 26-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs UL Monroe | W 42-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Georgia | W 40-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Texas A&M | W 42-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Arkansas | W 52-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ LSU | L 23-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Ole Miss | W 44-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Mississippi State | W 49-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Missouri | W 51-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Mercer | W 24-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Clemson | L 6-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Georgia Southern | W 41-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Daniel Carlson story
Daniel Carlson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a placekicker from Colorado Springs, CO wearing No. 38, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Daniel Carlson's career was his special-teams scoring: 474 kicking points, 92 made field goals on 113 attempts, and 198 extra points across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Auburn. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 20 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Auburn.
The arc is straightforward: Daniel Carlson 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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Auburn
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2013 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Postseason | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Auburn | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Auburn | 1 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Auburn | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas State
Week 2 · W 51-14
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
1 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 31-34 · Postseason
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Alabama
Week 14 · L 44-55 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Samford
Week 13 · W 31-7
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 12 · L 7-34 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Auburn
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#2
2014 Regular Season · Auburn
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Auburn
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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