Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Washington
Darren Gardenhire
DB • 5'11" • Long Beach, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darren Gardenhire shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Washington
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Washington
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Darren Gardenhire built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Darren Gardenhire's career was his...
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Darren Gardenhire, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Washington. Darren Gardenhire shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Darren Gardenhire quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Washington · DB
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Washington
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Frances Academy
- High school pipeline
- St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DB 466th (top 57%) · Pac-12 222nd (top 42%) · National 2,428th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Washington | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Washington | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Washington | 8 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57.5 |
Related Context
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Darren Gardenhire played DB for Washington. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darren Gardenhire recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Washington.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Washington paired 6.5 primary output with 16.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2016 Regular Season · Washington
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
16.2
Usage
6.6
Consistency
58.6
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 1.5. Idaho: 0. Arizona: 2. Stanford: 0. Oregon: 1. Oregon State: 1. California: 1. Arizona State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rutgers: 3 by 27.5. Idaho: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 3 by 32.5. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 0 by 10. California: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/20 | vs Arizona State | W 44-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | @ California | W 66-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Oregon State | W 41-17 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Oregon | W 70-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Stanford | W 44-6 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ ArizonaSplash game | W 35-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Idaho | W 59-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Rutgers | W 48-13 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Darren Gardenhire story
Darren Gardenhire built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Darren Gardenhire's career was his defensive production: 13 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Darren Gardenhire's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Washington
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Washington | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Washington | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Washington | 6.5 | 16.2 | 6.6 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 4 · W 35-28 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ USC
Week 6 · W 17-12 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs California
Week 4 · L 24-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Oregon State
Week 8 · W 41-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Rutgers
Week 1 · W 48-13
1.5
Havoc Plays
45.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Washington
6.5 primary output · 16.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage
57.5
#2
2015 Regular Season · Washington
50.3
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Washington
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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