Player Dossier

2020-2025

Michigan State

Darius Snow

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darius Snow shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Darius Snow built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Frisco, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Darius Snow's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.887

Hebron · Carrollton, TX

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Darius Snow, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan State. Darius Snow shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
160
TFL
9.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Darius Snow quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · LB
Career Tackles
160
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Michigan State
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Hebron · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Hebron · 27 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
34 tackles · LB 430th (top 34%) · Big Ten 138th (top 18%) · National 1,151st (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State13-0--043.6
2021 PostseasonMichigan State131-0--060.8
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State13865.50-2060.8
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State12-0--039.2
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State25-0--042.9
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State1129101-017.9
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State1034311-034.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Michigan State to TexasP4 to P476.6Apr 16, 2026
2024Michigan State to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted19.6Nov 27, 2023

Darius Snow played LB for Michigan State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Darius Snow recorded 160 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Michigan State paired 8.5 primary output with 32.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

19.2

Usage

5.5

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Boston College: 1.5. USC: 0. Nebraska: 2. UCLA: 0. Indiana: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 1. Penn State: 0. Iowa: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 7 by 44.2. USC: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 2 by 28.3. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 6 by 25. Minnesota: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 6 by 25. Iowa: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

44.2 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 11/22@ IowaL 17-20210.5000
Sat 11/15vs Penn StateL 10-2864000
Sat 11/1@ MinnesotaL 20-2320000
Sat 10/25vs MichiganL 20-3163000
Sat 10/18@ IndianaL 13-3810000
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-3830000
Sat 10/4@ NebraskaSplash gameL 27-3822110
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-4532000
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-40741.5000
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-621000

Player Story

Darius Snow story

Darius Snow built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Frisco, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Darius Snow's career was his defensive production: 160 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Michigan State. 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 Snow's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State.

The arc is straightforward: Darius Snow 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

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    Michigan State

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State012.52.2
2021 PostseasonMichigan State8.532.878.5
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State8.532.870
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State08.31.1-8.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State010.42.20
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State212.83.12
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State519.25.53

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 10 · L 29-40 · Conference game

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio State

Week 12 · L 7-56 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 97 Boston College

Week 2 · W 42-40

1.5

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Miami

Week 3 · W 38-17

1.5

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Michigan State

8.5 primary output · 32.8 efficiency · 7 usage

60.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Michigan State

60.8

8.5 primary · 32.8 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Michigan State

43.6

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

1

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games