Michigan fans felt this hit all the way back in Ann Arbor.
Late in the first quarter of the Oklahoma Sooners' game against the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday night, OU cheetah Kendal Dolby delivered a hit just as massive as the top-20 matchup between the two blue bloods.
Michigan tried to run a quick screen pass on 2nd-and-9, but Daniels read it perfectly while outside in coverage. As soon as Bryce Underwood's pass got to Justice Haynes, Daniels was already there to blow it all up. Daniels laid a teeth-rattling blow before briefly standing over Haynes lying on the turf.
College football fans, and especially Sooner Nation, couldn't stop watching Daniels' hit over and over again with reactions of their admiration.
Kendal Daniels has monster hit against Michigan
sheesh 🫣@KendalDaniels__ | 📺 ABC https://t.co/fzyoLVPYfM pic.twitter.com/yZMlZ1atXB
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) September 7, 2025
Kendal Daniels just killed a man on national TV. pic.twitter.com/56OCd2XL6f
— Stormin In Norman (@StorminInNorman) September 7, 2025
Kendal Daniels just delivered the biggest hit of the (early) season.
— Travis J Davidson (@TravisSkol) September 7, 2025
Jim Ross is sitting by me and he deemed it a “slobberknocker”
Man, @KendalDaniels__ made a money move! Dudes gonna play on Sundays!#OUvsMich
— Jerry Ostroski (@Ostroski_BigO) September 7, 2025
Football professor: “turn in your textbooks to “the perfect hit,” there you’ll find this play from Kendal Daniels.”#Boomer
— tristan martin (@tristanmartin) September 7, 2025
kendal daniels YOU are a chicago BEAR #DaBears #Sooners pic.twitter.com/xjFwbaArA9
— Jimbo (@JimbosJunkbox) September 7, 2025
That did not look like 2024 Kendal Daniels.
— Ryan Chapman (@_RyanChapman) September 7, 2025
Wow
Kendal Daniels inject that INTO MY VEINS
— Kaci Nicole (@PennyLane449) September 7, 2025
This was just Daniels' second game as a Sooner. Daniels crossed Bedlam lines this offseason and transferred from Oklahoma State to OU for his final season. He was a three-year starter for the Cowboys.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 242 pounds with previous experience as both a linebacker and safety, Daniels was basically created to play Brent Venables' hybrid cheetah position. It hasn't even been two weeks yet, but after immediately cracking the starting lineup, it seems like Daniels and the Sooners were a perfect match.
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