Dorian
O'Daniel.
Dorian
O'Daniel.
Clemson· 6'1"· 223 lb· 4.61s 40
Cover-3 strong-side linebackers and hybrid nickel-linebackers often thrive in this mold, leveraging his speed and agility as a primary asset.
Excellent special teams player with developmental upside as a weak-side or nickel sub-package linebacker, potentially carving out a starting role in a few years.
Any scheme that asks him to regularly play in a two-gap system or take on linemen head-up.
A tweener linebacker best utilized in space, he projects as a coverage and pursuit specialist who needs to add bulk to become a full-time starter.
Selected #100 overall in Round 3 of the 2018 NFL Draft by Kansas City Chiefs out of Clemson.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.61sp50
- Vertical
- 32inp50
- Broad jump
- 119inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.64sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.07sp50
- Bench
- 21repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Clemson | 15 | 54 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Clemson | 14 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Career | — | 29 | 142 | 7.5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Dorian O'Daniel played five seasons in the NFL, all with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was primarily a special teams ace and a rotational linebacker, winning Super Bowl LIV and LVII with the team.