5′10″ · 190 lb · Riverview, FL
DJ Daniels: S · South Alabama · #13.
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DJ Daniels
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. DJ Daniels has been at South Alabama through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 10 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Alabama | 72 | 51 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | South Alabama | 40 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | South Alabama | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 125 | 88 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-35@ No. 24 Nebraska | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-14vs Jackson State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-42vs Memphis | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-35@ UAB | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-30@ UL Monroe | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20vs Georgia Southern | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 13-37@ Troy | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-30vs No. 21 App State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-30@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-37vs Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-28@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-30vs Arkansas State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 51 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL72 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Campbell
Pass share
35.9%
282 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
65.5
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
72 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Alabama, 125 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
