Player Dossier

2020-2025

Ohio State

Darrion Henry-Young

DE • 6'4" • 283 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darrion Henry-Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.6

Efficiency

6.8

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

5.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Ohio State • Kentucky • Coastal Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

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.

Darrion Henry-Young, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Kentucky. Darrion Henry-Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Ohio State, Kentucky, Coastal Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

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

2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

6.8

Usage

2.6

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Virginia: 0.5. East Carolina: 0. South Alabama: 0. Old Dominion: 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. Louisiana Tech: 0 by 0. Virginia: 2 by 13.3. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Losses0.1 · n=4
First Half0.2 · n=3 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -0.2 vs First Half
All Games0.1 · n=5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

13.3 vs Virginia

Result
Tue 12/30@ Louisiana TechL 14-2300000
Sat 10/4@ Old DominionL 7-4732000
Sat 9/20@ South AlabamaW 38-2010000
Sat 9/13vs East CarolinaL 0-3811000
Sat 8/30@ VirginiaL 7-48200.5000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Coastal Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2020202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State224.213.4
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State0-2
2022 Regular SeasonKentucky224.213.62
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky3.512.86.11.5
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky0-3.5
2025 PostseasonCoastal Carolina0.56.82.60.5
2025 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina0.56.82.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Akron

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46 takeover score.

#2

Nebraska

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#4

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29 takeover score.

#5

Virginia

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Kentucky

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 13.6 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

38.9

2 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 13.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Kentucky

20.4

3.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9321

Princeton · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

3

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

19

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Darrion Henry-Young quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
19