Cayden Daniels
Vanderbilt Commodores
71
Average

Cayden Daniels

Vanderbilt CommodoresRebuilding
LCBDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Cayden Daniels starting?

Cayden Daniels is the projected starter at LCB for Vanderbilt Commodores.

Redshirt freshman · #26 · 6'1", 189 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Vanderbilt Commodores

  1. 12671Cayden DanielsStarter
  2. 2670Jordan Matthews
  3. 3070Cobey Sellers
  4. 42349Bishop Starling

Vanderbilt Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

Ty BenefieldLSU · NBBray HubbardAlabama · FSKJ BoldenGeorgia · SS

Up next for Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt plays Mississippi State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Crisp County, ranked #1,008 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 6 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,008 NatlTeam Share1%
Cordele, GA
Jersey
#26
Class
RS FR
Height
6'1"
Weight
189 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025601

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8686
National Rank
#1008
High School
Crisp County
Hometown
Cordele, GA

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 46th-percentile production (×0.95 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 46% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.95)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LUKTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-17

Oct 17LARKTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-21

Oct 10LMISSTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 52-17

Oct 3LUGATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 38-14

Sep 19WNCSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 35-31

Sep 12WDELTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 35-26

Sep 5WAPSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-9

Cayden Daniels's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

6 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement13%
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