Player Dossier

2019-2024

Minnesota

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.

Usage Score

2.3

Efficiency

8.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

9.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Clemson • Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Darnell Jefferies, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Clemson. Darnell Jefferies shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Clemson paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Minnesota.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Clemson

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.8

Usage

2.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0. Charlotte: 0. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 0.5. Unknown: 0. Wake Forest: 1

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. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 2 by 13.3. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 5
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 6

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/16vs Wake ForestW 52-3100.500.500
Sat 11/2vs Unknown31000
Sat 10/26vs Boston CollegeW 59-7200.5000
Sat 10/19@ LouisvilleW 45-1011000
Sat 9/21vs CharlotteW 52-1011000
Fri 8/30vs Georgia TechW 52-1411000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Minnesota

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonClemson1.58.82.3
2020 Regular SeasonClemson08.41.6-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonClemson04.210
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota05.21.10
2023 Regular SeasonMinnesota00
2024 Regular SeasonMinnesota071.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wake Forest

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#2

Boston College

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.4 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.6 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

#5

Nevada

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Clemson

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage

36.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Minnesota

36.1

0 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

35.4

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8743

Newton · Covington, GA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

26

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 17 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
26