Player Dossier

2010-2013

Arizona State

Alden Darby

S • 5'11" • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alden Darby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Alden Darby built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a safety from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Alden Darby's career was his defensive production: 10...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8067

Millikan · Long Beach, CA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Alden Darby, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Arizona State. Alden Darby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Alden Darby quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Arizona State
Top game
Oregon State
Recruit profile
3-star · Millikan · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Millikan · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonArizona State10-0--050
2011 Regular SeasonArizona State20-0--059.1
2012 Regular SeasonArizona State30-0--165
2013 Regular SeasonArizona State50-0--157.2

Related Context

Alden Darby played S for Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alden Darby recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Arizona State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 1. Illinois: 1. USC: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

20 vs USC

Result
Sat 11/10@ USCL 17-381
Sun 9/9vs IllinoisW 45-141
Fri 8/31vs Northern ArizonaW 63-61

Player Story

Alden Darby story

Alden Darby built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a safety from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Alden Darby's career was his defensive production: 10 interceptions across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Arizona 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 Alden Darby's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 53 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State.

The arc is straightforward: Alden Darby 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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    Arizona State

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonArizona State00
2011 Regular SeasonArizona State3303
2012 Regular SeasonArizona State3200
2013 Regular SeasonArizona State4161

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon State

Week 5 · W 35-20 · Conference game

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 USC

Week 5 · W 62-41 · 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.

#3

@ USC

Week 11 · L 17-38 · 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.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 2 · W 45-14

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 63-6

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Arizona State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

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#2

2011 Regular Season · Arizona State

59.1

3 primary · 30 efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Arizona State

57.2

4 primary · 16 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games