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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2013Michigan State
Darqueze Dennard
CB • 5'11" • Dry Branch, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darqueze Dennard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a corner
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Reliability
95
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Darqueze Dennard built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Dry Branch, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Darqueze Dennard's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 24
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Darqueze Dennard, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Michigan State. Darqueze Dennard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Featured Highlight
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Darqueze Dennard Michigan State Highlights
2013 · Michigan State · Player Highlight
Darqueze Dennard college highlights at Michigan State.
- Season
- 2013
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Darqueze Dennard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Twiggs County · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Twiggs County · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 1 · Pick 24 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2013
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2011 Postseason | Michigan State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 59.1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.5 |
Related Context
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Darqueze Dennard played CB for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darqueze Dennard recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 4 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
26.7
Usage
—
Consistency
57.7
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 2. Michigan: 1. Northwestern: 1
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Split Comparison
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First Half1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa
Best efficiency game
40 vs Iowa
Player Story
Darqueze Dennard story
Darqueze Dennard built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Dry Branch, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Darqueze Dennard's career was his defensive production: 10 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Michigan State. 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 Darqueze Dennard's production has multiple signals. With 7 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State.
The arc is straightforward: Darqueze Dennard 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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Michigan State
2010-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Postseason | Michigan State | 3 | 30 | — | 3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 26.7 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia
Week 1 · W 33-30 · Postseason
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs Nebraska
Week 10 · L 24-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 6 · W 26-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 5 · W 10-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 13 · W 26-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Michigan State
4 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · — usage
61.5
#2
2011 Postseason · Michigan State
59.1
3 primary · 30 efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Michigan State
59.1
3 primary · 30 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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