Player Dossier

2015-2018

Washington State

Darrien Molton

CB • 5'10" • 188 lbs • Temecula, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darrien Molton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Darrien Molton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a cornerback from Temecula, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Darrien Molton's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8567

Chaparral · Temecula, CA

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Darrien Molton, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Washington State. Darrien Molton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
144
TFL
4
Sacks
1
Passes defended
15

Quick Answers

Darrien Molton quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · CB
Career Tackles
144
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Chaparral · Washington State
High school pipeline
Chaparral · 22 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
41 tackles · CB 67th (top 18%) · Pac-12 71st (top 14%) · National 913th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State10-0--043
2016 PostseasonWashington State134-0--039.7
2016 Regular SeasonWashington State136820-6039.7
2017 Regular SeasonWashington State93110-1017
2018 Regular SeasonWashington State114111-8054.4

Related Context

Darrien Molton played CB for Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darrien Molton recorded 144 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Washington State paired 11 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Washington State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

3.1

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Montana State: 0. Boise State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Nevada: 0. USC: 0. Oregon: 0. Arizona: 0. Stanford: 1. Washington: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Montana State: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 5 by 20.8. Oregon State: 5 by 20.8. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. USC: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 4 by 26.7. Washington: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Washington

Result
Sun 11/26@ WashingtonL 14-4175001
Sat 11/4vs StanfordW 24-2143100
Sun 10/29@ ArizonaL 37-5811000
Sun 10/8@ OregonW 33-1011000
Sat 9/30vs USCW 30-2733000
Sat 9/23vs NevadaW 45-732000
Sat 9/16vs Oregon StateW 52-2351000
Sun 9/10vs Boise StateW 47-4455000
Sun 9/3vs Montana StateW 31-022000

Player Story

Darrien Molton story

Darrien Molton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a cornerback from Temecula, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Darrien Molton's career was his defensive production: 144 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Darrien Molton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Washington State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State120
2016 PostseasonWashington State829.257
2016 Regular SeasonWashington State829.250
2017 Regular SeasonWashington State216.63.1-6
2018 Regular SeasonWashington State1125.54.39

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 11 · W 56-21 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Oregon State

Week 6 · W 56-37 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Eastern Washington

Week 3 · W 59-24

3

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Boise State

Week 2 · L 28-31

2

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Washington

Week 13 · L 14-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Washington State

11 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Washington State

43

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Washington State

39.7

8 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games