Usage / Role
5%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Penn State
Dae'Lun Darien
LB • 6'4" • 224 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dae'Lun Darien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Penn State
161718
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
3★
- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Dae'Lun Darien, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Penn State. Dae'Lun Darien shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Dae'Lun Darien quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 4
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dunbar · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Dunbar · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Sophomore
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 886th (top 76%) · Big Ten 360th (top 59%) · National 3,453rd (top 60%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.1 |
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Dae'Lun Darien played LB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dae'Lun Darien recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Penn State paired 2 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.2 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: Rutgers
Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
12.2
Usage
1.8
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Split Comparison
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All Games0.5 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/18 | @ Rutgers | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
Penn State
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 2 · W 51-6
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 63-10
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 3
0.5
Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 4 · W 63-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Penn State
2 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 1.8 usage
48.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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