Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Cincinnati
Darian Varner
DE • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darian Varner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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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
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Temple • Wisconsin • Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Darian Varner built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive end from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 24, spending time with Cincinnati, Temple, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Darian Varner's career was...
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- Committed To
- Temple
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Darian Varner, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Temple. Darian Varner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 22.5
- Sacks
- 10.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Darian Varner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · DE
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Temple
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Maury · Temple
- High school pipeline
- Maury · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · DE 153rd (top 56%) · Big 12 323rd (top 45%) · National 2,752nd (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Temple | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Temple | 10 | 35 | 12.5 | 7.5 | - | - | 0 | 69.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 8 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 13.6 |
Related Context
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Darian Varner played DE for Temple, Wisconsin, and Cincinnati. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darian Varner recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Temple.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Temple paired 20 primary output with 32.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.4 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 Temple, Wisconsin, Cincinnati.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Temple
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
17.4
Usage
6.1
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 0. Akron: 0. Boston College: 1. Wagner: 2. Memphis: 0. Cincinnati: 0. UCF: 1. East Carolina: 1. Houston: 4. Tulsa: 0. Navy: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Wagner: 2 by 28.3. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 3 by 22.5. East Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Houston: 2 by 48.3. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Navy | L 14-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Tulsa | L 10-44 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Houston2+ sacks · Splash game | L 8-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ East Carolina | L 3-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs UCF | L 7-49 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/8 | @ Cincinnati | L 3-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Memphis | W 34-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs WagnerSplash game | W 41-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Boston College | L 3-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Akron | W 45-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Rutgers | L 14-61 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darian Varner story
Darian Varner built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive end from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 24, spending time with Cincinnati, Temple, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Darian Varner's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, and 10.5 sacks across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Darian Varner'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
Temple
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Wisconsin
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Cincinnati
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Temple | 10 | 17.4 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Temple | 20 | 32.6 | 10.7 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1.5 | 11.9 | 3.8 | -18.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 2.5 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 8 · L 16-27 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Houston
Week 11 · L 8-37 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 4 · W 38-17 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Wagner
Week 4 · W 41-7
2
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Lafayette
Week 2 · W 30-14
3
Havoc Plays
56 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 56 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Temple
20 primary output · 32.6 efficiency · 10.7 usage
69.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · Temple
42.4
10 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin
15.6
1.5 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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