Usage / Role
23%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021West Virginia
Darel Middleton
DL • 6'7" • 305 lbs • Knoxville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darel Middleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee • West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Darel Middleton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 97, spending time with Tennessee and West Virginia. The clearest part of Darel Middleton's career...
Read the storyDarel Middleton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · West Virginia. Darel Middleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Darel Middleton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · DL
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DL 790th (top 84%) · Big 12 316th (top 70%) · National 4,195th (top 70%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | Tennessee | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 9 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 60.8 |
Related Context
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Darel Middleton played DL for Tennessee and West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darel Middleton recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 2 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, West Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
12
Usage
2.3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 2. Kentucky: 0. Alabama: 0. Arkansas: 0.5. Auburn: 0. Florida: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 4 by 36.7. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 2 by 13.3. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 32.5. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Georgia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | vs Texas A&M | L 13-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | W 42-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Florida | L 19-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | @ Auburn | L 17-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Arkansas | L 13-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Alabama | L 17-48 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Kentucky | L 7-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ GeorgiaSplash game | L 21-44 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Missouri | W 35-12 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darel Middleton story
Darel Middleton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 97, spending time with Tennessee and West Virginia. The clearest part of Darel Middleton's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Darel Middleton'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
Tennessee
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Tennessee | 5 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4.5 | 12 | 2.3 | -0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 28.3 | 9 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Vanderbilt
Week 15 · W 42-17 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Long Island University
Week 2 · W 66-0
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Mississippi State
Week 7 · W 20-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 6 · L 21-44 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Alabama
Week 8 · L 13-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · West Virginia
2 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 9 usage
60.8
#2
2019 Postseason · Tennessee
39.8
5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Tennessee
39.8
5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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