The Football Brainiacs

Noteworthy Numbers

2017-2018 – Marquise Brown

1972-1975 – Steve Davis

Player Profile

Position: Linebacker

Height: 6’5”

Weight: 242

Class: Redshirt Senior

Seasons at OU: 0

Hometown: Beggs, Okla.

Previous School: Oklahoma State University

The Path to Norman

Kendal Daniels spent four seasons playing college football in the state of Oklahoma before joining the Sooners. An Oklahoma high school product, Daniels played for Oklahoma State for the first part of his college career. He transferred after the 2024 season and landed with OU.

Career so Far

Daniels took a redshirt season in 2021 while playing in three games.

In 2022, Daniels had a breakout season. He played in all 13 games for Oklahoma State, was named Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year, and was selected to the CFN Freshman All-America third-team and All-Big 12 second-team.

2023 was another big season for Daniels; he started all 14 games, earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors, and was in the top-ten in the Big 12 in fumble recoveries, solo tackles, and total tackles.

Daniels’ final season in Stillwater was a bit quieter, although he still logged 64 tackles and played in all 12 games.

Stats

Years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | Career

Games Played: 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42

Tackles: 64 | 105 | 71 | 0 | 240

TFL: 10.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 22.5

Sacks: 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.5

INT: 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5

FF: 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2

FR: 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2

PBU: 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13

Stats via Soonersports.com

This Season

Daniels was a welcome addition to the OU defense this offseason. He has worked at a few spots on defense, but seems most likely to play the Cheetah. There has been plenty of buzz surrounding Daniels’ speed and he seems certain to play a lot of football in his lone season in Norman.