Darryl Peterson

LB • 6'1" • 260 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

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Darryl Peterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.8 disruption score.

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90%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 5
Program Path: Wisconsin
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Player Story

Darryl Peterson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Akron, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Darryl Peterson's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8918

Archbishop Hoban · Akron, OH

Committed To: Wisconsin
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2021

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Latest team and position: Wisconsin · LB
Career Tackles: 134
Tracked sample: 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
Best season: 2025 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game: Illinois
Recruit profile: 4-star · Archbishop Hoban · Wisconsin
High school pipeline: Archbishop Hoban · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 17 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank: 33 tackles · LB 443rd (top 35%) · Big Ten 147th (top 19%) · National 1,218th (top 20%)

Darryl Peterson played LB for Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darryl Peterson recorded 134 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wisconsin.

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20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention

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