Player Dossier

2020-2022

Illinois

Isaac Darkangelo

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Brighton, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaac Darkangelo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

81

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

68

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Player Story

Isaac Darkangelo built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Brighton, MI wearing No. 38, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Isaac Darkangelo's career was his defensive...

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Isaac Darkangelo, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Isaac Darkangelo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
8.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Isaac Darkangelo quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Michigan
Latest roster
No. 38 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
67 tackles · LB 166th (top 14%) · Big Ten 27th (top 5%) · National 258th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois27-0--044.7
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois12678.514-068.6

Related Context

Isaac Darkangelo played LB for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Isaac Darkangelo recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Illinois paired 13.5 primary output with 34.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

34.5

Usage

9.3

Consistency

62.4

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Wyoming: 0. Virginia: 1. Chattanooga: 2. Wisconsin: 2. Iowa: 1.5. Minnesota: 0. Nebraska: 1. Michigan State: 1.5. Purdue: 0. Michigan: 2.5. Northwestern: 2

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 6 by 25. Wyoming: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 5 by 30.8. Chattanooga: 4 by 36.7. Wisconsin: 5 by 40.8. Iowa: 4 by 31.7. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Michigan State: 7 by 44.2. Purdue: 12 by 50. Michigan: 7 by 54.2. Northwestern: 10 by 61.7

Split Comparison

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Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/26@ Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash gameW 41-3109200
Sat 11/19@ MichiganSplash gameL 17-19732.5000
Sat 11/12vs Purdue10+ tacklesL 24-311210000
Sat 11/5vs Michigan StateL 15-23751.5000
Sat 10/29@ NebraskaW 26-911000
Sat 10/15vs MinnesotaW 26-1421000
Sat 10/8vs IowaW 9-6421.5000
Sat 10/1@ WisconsinSplash gameW 34-1052110
Fri 9/23vs ChattanoogaSplash gameW 31-040000
Sat 9/10vs VirginiaW 24-353000
Sat 9/3@ IndianaL 20-2362000
Sat 8/27vs WyomingW 38-643000

Player Story

Isaac Darkangelo story

Isaac Darkangelo built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Brighton, MI wearing No. 38, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Isaac Darkangelo's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Illinois. 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 Isaac Darkangelo's production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Isaac Darkangelo 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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    Illinois

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois014.62.30
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois13.534.59.313.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 12 · L 17-19 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 13 · W 41-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Wisconsin

Week 5 · W 34-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 10 · L 15-23 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Chattanooga

Week 4 · W 31-0

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

13.5 primary output · 34.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

68.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · Illinois

44.7

0 primary · 14.6 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games