Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025South Alabama
Darius McKenzie
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darius McKenzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Darius McKenzie built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Ottawa, ON wearing No. 28, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Darius McKenzie's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDarius McKenzie, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama. Darius McKenzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 143
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Darius McKenzie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 143
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · LB 158th (top 13%) · Sun Belt 31st (top 5%) · National 257th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | South Alabama | 13 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 13 | 68 | 2 | 0.5 | - | 4 | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 11 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to South Alabama | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 10.6 | Apr 16, 2024 |
Darius McKenzie played LB for South Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Darius McKenzie recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 7 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
33.3
Usage
8.3
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Morgan State: 0. Tulane: 0. Auburn: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. North Texas: 1. Troy: 1. Arkansas State: 1. Georgia State: 0. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 3. Southern Miss: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Morgan State: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 11 by 45.8. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 6 by 35. Troy: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas State: 10 by 51.7. Georgia State: 10 by 41.7. Louisiana: 11 by 45.8. UL Monroe: 6 by 55. Southern Miss: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 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
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
55 vs UL Monroe
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs Southern Miss | W 42-35 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ UL MonroeSplash game | W 26-14 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Louisiana10+ tackles | L 22-31 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | @ Georgia State10+ tackles | W 38-31 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/14 | vs Arkansas State10+ tackles | L 14-15 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Troy | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ North Texas | L 22-36 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 20-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Auburn | L 15-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Tulane10+ tackles | L 31-33 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Morgan State | W 38-21 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darius McKenzie story
Darius McKenzie built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Ottawa, ON wearing No. 28, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Darius McKenzie's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with South Alabama. 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 Darius McKenzie's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Darius McKenzie 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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South Alabama
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | South Alabama | 8 | 28.9 | 5.6 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 8 | 28.9 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 33.3 | 8.3 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 12 · W 26-14 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Troy
Week 8 · W 25-9 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 8 · L 14-15 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia Southern
Week 10 · L 30-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Boston College
Week 3
1
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
7 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage
51.3
#2
2024 Postseason · South Alabama
47.7
8 primary · 28.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
47.7
8 primary · 28.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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