Player Dossier

2022-2025

Vanderbilt

Darren Agu

DE • 6'6" • 244 lbs • London, England

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darren Agu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.1

Efficiency

9.8

Consistency

7.4

Season Value

7.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Vanderbilt • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

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.

Darren Agu, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico. Darren Agu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

New Mexico paired 6.5 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game 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.

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.8

Usage

3.1

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Hawai'i: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Alabama: 0. Ole Miss: 0. South Carolina: 0. Kentucky: 0. Tennessee: 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. Unknown: 1 by 24.2. Hawai'i: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 0 by 0. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=5 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=4 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Unknown

Result
Sun 11/27vs TennesseeL 0-5611000
Sat 11/12@ KentuckyW 24-2100000
Sat 11/5vs South CarolinaL 27-3822000
Sat 10/8vs Ole MissL 28-5210000
Sat 9/24@ AlabamaL 3-5542000
Sat 9/17@ Northern IllinoisW 38-2820001
Sat 9/10vs Wake ForestL 25-4510000
Sat 9/3vs Unknown11110
Sun 8/28@ Hawai'iW 63-1022000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Vanderbilt

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt39.83.1
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt3.512.73.10.5
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0-3.5
2025 PostseasonNew Mexico6.517.34.66.5
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico6.517.34.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Utah State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.7 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#3

Kentucky

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#4

San Diego State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#5

Northern Illinois

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · New Mexico

6.5 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

13.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

13.9

6.5 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

10

3.5 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8837

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee · London, EN

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

60

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 28 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Darren Agu quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
60