Senior safety for Southern Miss. 2022: 1 interception, 12 tackles.
6′0″ · 177 lb · Louisville, MS
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
CB recruit
No. 35 nationally · Joined Ole Miss
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for Southern Miss. 2022: 1 interception, 12 tackles.
Lakevias Daniel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Louisiana, Week 9, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scotty Walden → Will Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (9th 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
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #457 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 34 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 31 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022
W 27–24
at Tulane
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 64-10vs Northwestern State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cristian Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Cristian on
Differs from Cristian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Michael LoVett III's sophomore season at Texas State (2021).
Matches Michael on
Player DNA