Player Dossier

2013-2017

Akron

Darius Copeland

DL • 6'1" • 275 lbs • Ft. Myers, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darius Copeland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Player Story

Darius Copeland built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Ft. Myers, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Darius Copeland's career was his defensive...

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Darius Copeland, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Akron. Darius Copeland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Darius Copeland quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · DL
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
Kent State
Latest roster
No. 8 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DL 421st (top 59%) · Mid-American 243rd (top 45%) · National 2,595th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonAkron00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonAkron00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonAkron00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonAkron113331--038.3
2017 Regular SeasonAkron7111011033.2

Related Context

Darius Copeland played DL for Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darius Copeland recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Akron paired 4 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

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

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2017 Regular Season · Akron

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

10.9

Usage

3.9

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1. Buffalo: 1. Ohio: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1 by 14.2. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 1 by 14.2. Buffalo: 1 by 14.2. Ohio: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Ohio

Result
Wed 11/15vs OhioW 37-3443000
Sat 10/28vs BuffaloW 21-2010001
Sat 10/21@ ToledoL 21-4811100
Sun 10/15@ Western MichiganW 14-1322000
Sat 10/7vs Ball StateW 31-310000
Sat 9/9vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 52-310000
Sat 9/2@ Penn StateL 0-5211000

Player Story

Darius Copeland story

Darius Copeland built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Ft. Myers, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Darius Copeland's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Darius Copeland's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Akron

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonAkron0
2014 Regular SeasonAkron00
2015 Regular SeasonAkron00
2016 Regular SeasonAkron416.13.34
2017 Regular SeasonAkron310.93.9-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kent State

Week 5 · W 31-27 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Toledo

Week 8 · L 21-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Week 2 · W 52-3

1

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 4 · L 38-45

1

Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Buffalo

Week 9 · W 21-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Akron

4 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage

38.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Akron

33.2

3 primary · 10.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Akron

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games