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2020-2025Prairie View A&M
LB • 6'0" • 218 lbs • Pelham, GA, USA
Darrell Starling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.8 disruption score.
Usage / Role
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Impact Production
56
Solid production for a linebacker
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Prairie View A&M
Snapshot
Player Story
Darrell Starling built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pelham, GA wearing No. 25, spending time with Prairie View A&M and Troy. The clearest part of Darrell Starling's career was his...
Read the storyDarrell Starling, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Prairie View A&M. Darrell Starling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Troy | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 37.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Troy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Prairie View A&M | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 68.6 |
Related Context
Darrell Starling played LB for Troy and Prairie View A&M. Across 6 tracked seasons, Darrell Starling recorded 36 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Troy.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Prairie View A&M paired 1 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 55.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Troy, Prairie View A&M.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
55.8
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs Rice
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/13 | @ Rice10+ tackles | — | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darrell Starling built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pelham, GA wearing No. 25, spending time with Prairie View A&M and Troy. The clearest part of Darrell Starling's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Darrell Starling's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
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Troy
2020-2024
Opening stop
Prairie View A&M
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 11.7 | 3.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 19.2 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Troy | 1 | 18.3 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 13.2 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Prairie View A&M | 1 | 55.8 | — | -1 |
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 6 · L 17-38 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 120 Rice
Week 3
1
Havoc Plays
77.9 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Southern
Week 1 · W 55-3
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#4
@ App State
Week 13 · L 10-47 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas State
Week 6 · W 37-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Prairie View A&M
1 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · — usage
68.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Troy
57
2 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Troy
51.5
1 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 4.5 usage
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Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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