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Lyons, Daniel

Jersey Number 5
Daniel Lyons
- Position:
- DL
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- Weight:
- 302
- High School:
- Homestead Senior
Bio
2025:
Contributed two tackles and one forced fumble in the win against No. 8 Alabama...
2024:
Played all 12 games as reserve defensive lineman…finished with 25 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and one pass breakup…two tackles in season opener against Georgia Tech, including 0.5 tackles for loss…four tackles and career-high 1.5 sacks vs. Boston College…one tackle against Memphis was three-yard sack…one tackle vs. California…three tackles vs. SMU…three tackles against Clemson, including 1.0 TFL…0.5 tackles for loss among three tackles at Duke…two tackles at Miami…career-high five tackles vs. North Carolina…tackle in season finale vs. Florida was 0.5 sack…pass breakup at Notre Dame was first of career.
2023:
Appeared in all 14 games with one start…recorded 16 tackles…started Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Georgia and recorded career-high-tying four tackles…made career-best four tackles, including three solo stops, in 41-16 win at Wake Forest…had one tackle in 66-13 win vs. Southern Miss…registered solo stop in 31-29 win at Boston College and 41-3 win vs. Syracuse…made one tackle in 24-7 win at Pitt…recorded three tackles in 58-13 win vs. North Alabama…made one tackle in ACC Championship Game victory vs. No. 14 Louisville.
2022:
Appeared in four games…recorded four tackles…ACC Honor Roll...Seminole Scholar…made two tackles in season-opening 47-7 win vs. Duquesne…had solo stop in 44-14 win vs. Boston College…registered one tackle vs. No. 22 Wake Forest…also saw action in 35-32 Cheez-It Bowl victory vs. Oklahoma…redshirted 2022 season.
BEFORE FSU:Ranked as four-star prospect by ESPN…tabbed No. 24 defensive tackle prospect in America and 40th-best overall prospect from Florida by ESPN…ranked 36th nationally among defensive tackles and as No. 67 overall prospect from Florida according to Rivals…rated as No. 62 defensive lineman nationally and No. 62 overall prospect in Florida on 247Sports Composite…ranked 64th among defensive linemen and 60th in Florida in Class of 2022 by 247Sports…amassed 58 tackles, 25.0 for loss with 6.0 sacks, and five quarterback hurries in 10 games senior year…Miami Herald 8A-6A first-team All-Dade selection in 2020…tallied 34 tackles as a junior, including 10.0 for loss with 5.0 sacks…teammates with former Seminole Dante Anderson at Homestead.
FSU Football | Sod Talk 2025 - Episode 1: Rashad Greene
Thursday, September 04
EYES UP: An FSU Football Series | Teaser
Thursday, September 04
DB Ashlynd Barker: "We are going to try and move on to 2-0."
Wednesday, September 03
OL Luke Petitbon: "There’s no thought about the last game, it's all about the next one."
Wednesday, September 03