Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Temple
Joseph Appiah Darkwa
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joseph Appiah Darkwa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Temple
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State • Temple
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Joseph Appiah Darkwa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from North Rhine-Westphalia wearing No. 44, spending time with Penn State and Temple. The clearest part of Joseph Appiah...
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- Jan 1, 2025
Joseph Appiah Darkwa, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Temple. Joseph Appiah Darkwa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Joseph Appiah Darkwa quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Temple · DL
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Temple
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bixby
- High school pipeline
- Bixby · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DL 669th (top 67%) · American Athletic 327th (top 52%) · National 3,128th (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Temple | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Temple | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 36.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Temple to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 21.2 | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 2022 | Penn State to Temple | P4 to G5/FCS | 79.3 | Jan 10, 2022 |
Joseph Appiah Darkwa played DL for Penn State and Temple. Across 5 tracked seasons, Joseph Appiah Darkwa recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Temple.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Temple paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Temple.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Temple
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.9
Usage
2.9
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 2. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 0. SMU: 0. Navy: 0. South Florida: 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. Tulsa: 2 by 28.3. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 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 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Tulsa
Player Story
Joseph Appiah Darkwa story
Joseph Appiah Darkwa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from North Rhine-Westphalia wearing No. 44, spending time with Penn State and Temple. The clearest part of Joseph Appiah Darkwa's career was his defensive production: 8 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Joseph Appiah Darkwa's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Penn State
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Temple
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Temple | 1 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Temple | 3 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 5 · L 26-48 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 5 · L 3-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#3
@ South Florida
Week 11 · L 23-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
30 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.
#4
vs Navy
Week 10 · W 32-18 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#5
@ North Texas
Week 7 · L 14-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Temple
1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 3.4 usage
44
#2
2023 Regular Season · Temple
36.2
3 primary · 9.9 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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