Player Dossier

2017-2021

Tennessee

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.

Usage Score

3

Efficiency

13.3

Consistency

6.1

Season Value

8.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Tennessee • West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

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.

Darel Middleton, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · West Virginia. Darel Middleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 2 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.3 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: Mississippi State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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

2019 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

13.3

Usage

3

Consistency

6.1

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Georgia State: 0. Unknown: 0. Florida: 0. Georgia: 0. Mississippi State: 2. Alabama: 1. UAB: 0. Kentucky: 0. Missouri: 0. Vanderbilt: 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. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Georgia State: 3 by 12.5. Unknown: 0 by 0. Florida: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Mississippi State: 3 by 32.5. Alabama: 4 by 26.7. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=4 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Mississippi State

Result
Fri 1/3vs IndianaW 23-2232000
Sat 11/30vs VanderbiltW 28-1010000
Sun 11/24@ MissouriW 24-2022000
Sun 11/10@ KentuckyW 17-1341000
Sat 11/2vs UABW 30-711000
Sun 10/20@ AlabamaL 13-3542100
Sat 10/12vs Mississippi StateW 20-1032110
Sat 10/5vs GeorgiaL 14-4342000
Sat 9/21@ FloridaL 3-3432000
Sat 9/14vs Unknown00000
Sat 8/31vs Georgia StateL 30-3831000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    West Virginia

    2021

    Final stop

Season Progression

201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee00
2019 PostseasonTennessee313.333
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee313.330
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee4.51231.5
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia228.310.9-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Vanderbilt

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#2

Mississippi State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#4

Georgia

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.3 takeover score.

#5

Alabama

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · West Virginia

2 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 10.9 usage

36.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

10.8

4.5 primary · 12 efficiency · 3 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Tennessee

8.5

3 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

45

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Darel Middleton quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
45