Player Dossier

2014-2018

South Alabama

Darian Mills

CB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Winter Haven, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darian Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.4

Efficiency

20.2

Consistency

65

Season Value

30.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Darian Mills, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · South Alabama. Darian Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Darian Mills played CB for South Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darian Mills recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 12.5 primary output with 20.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

20.2

Usage

2.4

Consistency

65

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 1. Oklahoma State: 2. Texas State: 2. Memphis: 0. App State: 1. Unknown: 1. Troy: 0.5. Arkansas State: 1. Louisiana: 1. Coastal Carolina: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma State: 2 by 28.3. Texas State: 4 by 36.7. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. App State: 0 by 10. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Troy: 1 by 9.2. Arkansas State: 0 by 10. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 2 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -1.6 vs Wins
First Half1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Fri 11/23vs Coastal CarolinaW 31-28330012
Sat 11/17@ LouisianaL 38-481
Sat 11/3@ Arkansas StateL 14-3800001
Wed 10/24vs TroyL 17-38100.5000
Sat 10/13vs Unknown10001
Sat 9/29@ App StateL 7-5200001
Sun 9/23@ MemphisL 35-5222000
Sat 9/15vs Texas StateW 41-3143002
Sun 9/9@ Oklahoma StateL 13-5522002
Sat 9/1vs Louisiana TechL 26-3033001

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1323.32.213
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama12.520.22.4-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico State

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 53.2 takeover score.

#2

Coastal Carolina

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.8 takeover score.

#3

Texas State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 35.2 takeover score.

#4

Louisiana

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 32.9 takeover score.

#5

Oklahoma State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 32.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

12.5 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

30.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · South Alabama

28.4

13 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · South Alabama

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7593

Winter Haven · Winter Haven, FL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

52

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.