Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Bowling Green
Darius McClendon
CB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Boynton Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darius McClendon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee • Florida Atlantic • Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Player Story
Darius McClendon built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Boynton Beach, FL, spending time with Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic, and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Darius...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Darius McClendon, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Darius McClendon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 99
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Darius McClendon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · CB
- Career Tackles
- 99
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
- Top game
- Charlotte
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Forest Hill Community · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Forest Hill Community · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · CB 103rd (top 24%) · Mid-American 122nd (top 23%) · National 1,346th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | Bowling Green | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 24.4 |
Related Context
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Darius McClendon played CB for Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic, and Bowling Green. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darius McClendon recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Florida Atlantic.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Florida Atlantic paired 8 primary output with 33 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic, Bowling Green.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Troy: 0. UTSA: 0. Florida International: 0. Rice: 0. Troy: 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. Army: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Troy
Player Story
Darius McClendon story
Darius McClendon built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Boynton Beach, FL, spending time with Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic, and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Darius McClendon's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Florida Atlantic. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Darius McClendon's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic, and Middle Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Darius McClendon moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Middle Tennessee
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Florida Atlantic
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Bowling Green
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 33 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Bowling Green | 3.5 | 13.7 | 3.8 | -4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 3.5 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Charlotte
Week 9 · W 38-16 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Akron
Week 6 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Monmouth
Week 1 · W 42-20
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 11 · L 7-22 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 2 · L 10-17
1
Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
8 primary output · 33 efficiency · 8.5 usage
54.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
37.4
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Bowling Green
24.4
3.5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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