Senior linebacker for Kansas State. 2023: 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 245 lb · Portland, OR
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 491 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Kansas State. 2023: 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Daniel Green
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Fifth year in the Kansas State linebacker corps, same address the whole way. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Missouri, Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas State, 221 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Chris Klieman — 39-24 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (11th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #136 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas State | 13 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 47 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 89 | 69 | 16.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 39 | 28 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 33 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 221 | 156 | 31.0 | 10.5 | 7 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs Southeast Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-13vs Troy | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-30@ Missouri | 9 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Cooper McDonald’s 2022 season.
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Differs from Cooper on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Jones's senior season at Baylor (2022).
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Player DNA