Player Dossier

2015-2018

UNLV

Darren Palmer

DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Lithia Springs, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darren Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

9

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Darren Palmer, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UNLV. Darren Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22

Quick Answers

Darren Palmer quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DB
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
New Mexico
Latest roster
No. 86 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 527th (top 62%) · Mountain West 247th (top 46%) · National 2,721st (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV713-0--039.4
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV79-0--037.8

Related Context

Darren Palmer played DB for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darren Palmer recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

UNLV paired 0 primary output with 7.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.4

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Prairie View A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. UTEP: 0. Prairie View A&M: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Air Force: 0. San José State: 0. San Diego 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. USC: 2 by 8.3. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Prairie View A&M: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego 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.

Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Prairie View A&M

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Prairie View A&M

Result
Sun 11/11@ San Diego StateW 27-2411000
Sat 10/27@ San José StateL 37-5011000
Sat 10/20vs Air ForceL 35-4110000
Sat 9/22@ Arkansas StateL 20-2711000
Sun 9/16vs Prairie View A&MW 46-1721000
Sun 9/9vs UTEPW 52-2410000
Sat 9/1@ USCL 21-4322000

Career Arc

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

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    UNLV

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV0
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV07.71.30
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV05.40.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ New Mexico

Week 12 · W 38-35 · Conference game

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Prairie View A&M

Week 3 · W 46-17

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Ohio State

Week 4 · L 21-54

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#4

@ USC

Week 1 · L 21-43

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#5

vs San Diego State

Week 6 · L 10-41 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary output · 7.7 efficiency · 1.3 usage

39.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · UNLV

37.8

0 primary · 5.4 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games