Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Southern Miss
Darius Kennedy
LB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Moss Point, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darius Kennedy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Darius Kennedy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Moss Point, MS wearing No. 24, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Darius Kennedy's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDarius Kennedy, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss. Darius Kennedy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Darius Kennedy quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · LB
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UTEP
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · LB 533rd (top 43%) · Conference USA 177th (top 29%) · National 1,692nd (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 22 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 48.7 |
Related Context
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Darius Kennedy played LB for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darius Kennedy recorded 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 8 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
16.4
Usage
4.8
Consistency
38.1
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Mississippi State: 0.5. Troy: 1. UTEP: 3. North Texas: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. UAB: 1. UTSA: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Alcorn State: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 4 by 21.7. Troy: 0 by 10. UTEP: 4 by 46.7. North Texas: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 2 by 18.3. UTSA: 1 by 14.2. Western Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 6 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.0 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
UTEP
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/4 | @ Tulane | L 13-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 17-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Western Kentucky | L 10-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ UTSA | W 36-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs UAB | W 37-2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 30-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs North Texas | W 45-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs UTEPSplash game | W 31-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Troy | W 47-42 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Mississippi State | L 15-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Alcorn State | W 38-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darius Kennedy story
Darius Kennedy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Moss Point, MS wearing No. 24, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Darius Kennedy's career was his defensive production: 27 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Darius Kennedy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 16.3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 8 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 5 · W 31-13 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 7 · L 7-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs North Texas
Week 7 · W 45-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#4
vs UAB
Week 11 · W 37-2 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
30.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Troy
Week 3 · W 47-42
1
Havoc Plays
28.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
8 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 4.8 usage
48.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss
48.7
8 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 4.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
37.4
2 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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