Omar Daniels
Omar Daniels
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Brent Key. One game to point at: 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Georgia — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 60 | 39 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 51 | 35 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 118 | 81 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Clemson
7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 INT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Georgia Tech
Returning around him
- 2 Georgia Tech players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (19 in / 20 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #41
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Shilo Sanders’s 2024 season.
Matches Shilo on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Akili Arnold's graduate season at USC (2024).
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