Daniel Lyons
Florida State Seminoles
80
Good

Daniel Lyons

Florida State SeminolesSolid
NTDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Daniel Lyons starting?

Daniel Lyons is the projected starter at NT for Florida State Seminoles.

Redshirt senior · #5 · 6'4", 292 lbs

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Depth at NT · Florida State Seminoles

  1. 1580Daniel LyonsStarter
  2. 25558Kevin Wynn
  3. 38858Jordan Sanders

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Homestead, ranked #464 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 26 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #464 Natl3-Yr Total62 tackles · 3.5 sacksTeam Share4%Percentile82th
Miami, FL
Jersey
#5
Class
RS SR
Height
6'4"
Weight
292 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025263.52
2024213.51.5
20231500

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
0.8859
National Rank
#464
High School
Homestead
Hometown
Miami, FL

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 82th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 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 9LLOUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 44-20

Oct 3WUVATKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-7

Sep 26WCARKTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

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

Final L 50-36

Sep 7LSMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Daniel Lyons's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

26 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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