Usage / Role
3%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Minnesota
Darnell Jefferies
DL • 6'3" • 285 lbs • Covington, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darnell Jefferies shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Clemson • Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Darnell Jefferies, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota. Darnell Jefferies shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 26
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Darnell Jefferies quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 26
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- The Citadel
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Newton · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Rochester · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DL 733rd (top 72%) · Big Ten 436th (top 54%) · National 3,415th (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
Related Context
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Darnell Jefferies played DL for Clemson and Minnesota. Across 6 tracked seasons, Darnell Jefferies recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 0 primary output with 7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on 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 Clemson, Minnesota.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
7
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Nevada: 0. USC: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. USC: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Nevada
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Clemson
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Minnesota
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 1.5 | 8.8 | 2.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 11.7 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 7 | 1.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs The Citadel
Week 3 · W 49-0
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 12 · W 52-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Boston College
Week 9 · W 59-7 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Wofford
Week 10 · W 59-14
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Nevada
Week 3 · W 27-0
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Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
0 primary output · 7 efficiency · 1.3 usage
39.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Minnesota
38
0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Clemson
37.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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