Stephen Daley
Stephen Daley
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Stephen Daley has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 4.5 TFL against Purdue — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. 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
Curt Cignetti
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 35 | 24 | 19.0 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | 51 | 27 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kent State | 47 | 23 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Kent State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 137 | 78 | 34.5 | 11.5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 13–10
at Ohio State
3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Indiana
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Indiana
Returning around him
- 8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (17 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #29
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to De'Jon Benton’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Gabriel Lopez's senior season at New Mexico (2025).
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