Player Dossier

2016-2021

Cincinnati

Darrian Beavers

LB • 6'3" • 242 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darrian Beavers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
UConn • Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Player Story

Darrian Beavers built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH, spending time with Cincinnati and UConn. The clearest part of Darrian Beavers' career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 3
Overall
No. 182
NFL Team
New York Giants

Darrian Beavers, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Cincinnati. Darrian Beavers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
230
TFL
27.5
Sacks
13.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Darrian Beavers quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · LB
Career Tackles
230
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 56 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Cincinnati
Top game
UCF
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 6 · Pick 3 · New York Giants
Latest roster
Senior
2021 Tackles rank
98 tackles · LB 53rd (top 5%) · American Athletic 5th (top 1%) · National 61st (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUConn815331-027.9
2018 Regular SeasonUConn10234.54-2043.4
2019 PostseasonCincinnati14210--016
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati14340.502-016
2020 PostseasonCincinnati1081.51--060.5
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati105061.512060.5
2021 PostseasonCincinnati141021--067.8
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati14889322067.8

Related Context

Darrian Beavers played LB for UConn and Cincinnati. Across 6 tracked seasons, Darrian Beavers recorded 230 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Cincinnati paired 20 primary output with 42.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UConn, Cincinnati.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

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

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2018 Regular Season · UConn

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

20.1

Usage

7.3

Consistency

40.5

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. Boise State: 0. Rhode Island: 0.5. Syracuse: 2. Cincinnati: 2. South Florida: 2. Massachusetts: 0. Tulsa: 3. SMU: 1. Temple: 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. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Rhode Island: 3 by 17.5. Syracuse: 5 by 40.8. Cincinnati: 1 by 24.2. South Florida: 5 by 40.8. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Tulsa: 3 by 42.5. SMU: 0 by 10. Temple: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/24vs TempleL 7-5711000
Sat 11/10vs SMUL 50-6200001
Sat 11/3@ TulsaSplash gameL 19-4931111
Sat 10/27vs MassachusettsL 17-2221000
Sat 10/20@ South FloridaSplash gameL 30-3854110
Sat 9/29vs CincinnatiSplash gameL 7-4911110
Sat 9/22@ SyracuseSplash gameL 21-5154110
Sat 9/15vs Rhode IslandW 56-49320.5000
Sun 9/9@ Boise StateL 7-6220000
Thu 8/30vs UCFL 17-5611000

Player Story

Darrian Beavers story

Darrian Beavers built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH, spending time with Cincinnati and UConn. The clearest part of Darrian Beavers' career was his defensive production: 230 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 56 career games in the available record. That gives Darrian Beavers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UConn

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Cincinnati

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUConn0
2017 Regular SeasonUConn716.65.77
2018 Regular SeasonUConn10.520.17.33.5
2019 PostseasonCincinnati3.513.22.9-7
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati3.513.22.90
2020 PostseasonCincinnati1538.711.111.5
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati1538.711.10
2021 PostseasonCincinnati2042.910.15
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati2042.910.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCF

Week 12 · W 36-33 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 6-27 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

90.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Indiana

Week 3 · W 38-24

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 5 · L 28-49 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Tulsa

Week 10 · L 19-49 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Cincinnati

20 primary output · 42.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

67.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati

67.8

20 primary · 42.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Cincinnati

60.5

15 primary · 38.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

15

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games