Kendall Daniels Jr.
South Carolina Gamecocks
81
Good

Kendall Daniels Jr.

South Carolina GamecocksContender
SSDefenseGood
2nd String / Backup

Is Kendall Daniels Jr. starting?

Kendall Daniels Jr. is listed 2nd string at SS for South Carolina Gamecocks.

Sophomore · #5 · 6'4", 213 lbs

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Depth at SS · South Carolina Gamecocks

  1. 13185Peyton WilliamsStarter
  2. 2581Kendall Daniels Jr.You

South Carolina Starting Lineup

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Up next for South Carolina

South Carolina plays Texas A&M at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Maury, ranked #344 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 54 tackles, 10 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #344 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile88th
Norfolk, VA
Jersey
#5
Class
SO
Height
6'4"
Weight
213 lbs

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—54101

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9004
National Rank
#344
High School
Maury
Hometown
Norfolk, VA

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 88th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 31WOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-25

Oct 24WTENNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Oct 10WFLATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-19

Oct 3LUKTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 35-34 OT

Sep 26LALATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-18

Sep 19LMSSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-34

Kendall Daniels Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

54 tkl · 10 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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