Usage / Role
69%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2014North Carolina
Darien Rankin
LB • 5'11" • Salisbury, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darien Rankin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Player Story
Darien Rankin built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Salisbury, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Darien Rankin's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDarien Rankin, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · North Carolina. Darien Rankin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Quick Answers
Darien Rankin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Maryland
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Darien Rankin is listed as a LB for North Carolina. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
20 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/7 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 40-20 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Darien Rankin story
Darien Rankin built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Salisbury, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Darien Rankin's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with North Carolina. 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 Darien Rankin's production has multiple signals. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Darien Rankin 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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North Carolina
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 3 | 20 | — | 3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 20 | — | -2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Maryland
Week 13 · W 45-38 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs NC State
Week 9 · W 43-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Idaho
Week 5 · W 66-0
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 2 · W 40-20
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 · North Carolina
3 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2013 Regular Season · North Carolina
51.1
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · North Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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