Player Dossier

2015-2017

Memphis

Darian Porter

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darian Porter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Darian Porter built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Louisville, KY wearing No. 29, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Darian Porter's career was his defensive production:...

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Darian Porter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Memphis. Darian Porter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
2
Sacks
0.5

Quick Answers

Darian Porter quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · LB
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
Tulsa
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 991st (top 90%) · American Athletic 378th (top 70%) · National 4,142nd (top 72%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis112020.5--034.9
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis32-0--022.6

Related Context

Darian Porter played LB for Memphis. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darian Porter recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Memphis paired 2.5 primary output with 9.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

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

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2016 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.9

Usage

2.5

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 0. Kansas: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 0. SMU: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. Houston: 1

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. Southeast Missouri State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 14.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 3 by 12.5. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 3 by 17.5. Houston: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs SMU

Result
Fri 11/25vs HoustonW 48-44100.500.500
Sat 11/19@ CincinnatiW 34-7320.5000
Sat 11/5@ SMUW 51-755000
Sun 10/30vs TulsaL 30-5922000
Sat 10/22@ NavyL 28-4210000
Sat 10/15@ TulaneW 24-1433000
Fri 10/7vs TempleW 34-27
Sat 10/1@ Ole MissL 28-4810000
Sun 9/25vs Bowling GreenW 77-321000
Sat 9/17vs KansasW 43-711100
Sat 9/3vs Southeast Missouri StateW 35-1710000

Player Story

Darian Porter story

Darian Porter built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Louisville, KY wearing No. 29, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Darian Porter's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Darian Porter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis0
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis2.59.92.52.5
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis19.53.6-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 10 · W 41-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Kansas

Week 3 · W 43-7

1

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Houston

Week 13 · W 48-44 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Cincinnati

Week 12 · W 34-7 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

33.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.6 takeover score.

#5

@ SMU

Week 10 · W 51-7 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

19.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Memphis

2.5 primary output · 9.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage

34.9

#2

2017 Regular Season · Memphis

22.6

1 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Memphis

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games