Damani Staley: LB · South Carolina · #30.
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Damani Staley
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at South Carolina span two head coaches: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Clemson, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 63 | 39 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 50 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 22 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 26 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 161 | 90 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ East Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-40@ No. 2 Georgia | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-16vs Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 23-14vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45@ Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-44@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-17vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Missouri | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-30vs Clemson | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 37 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups63 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
44.1%
360 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #387 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Carolina, 161 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
