Player Dossier

2019-2024

Clemson

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

1.3

Efficiency

7

Consistency

100

Season Value

36.1

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

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7 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: Nevada

Win with 0 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2024 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

7

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

USC

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Nevada: 0. USC: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. USC: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=2
First Half0 · n=2
All Games0 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 10/5vs USCW 24-1710000
Sat 9/14vs NevadaW 27-031000
Fri 8/30vs North CarolinaL 17-1910000

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.

Quick Answers

Darnell Jefferies quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

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