DaMarcus Mitchell: LB · Purdue · #15.
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DaMarcus Mitchell
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Two seasons in the Purdue linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Indiana — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 49-0@ UConn | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ No. 12 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 13-9vs Illinois | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-29vs No. 5 Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-59@ No. 6 Ohio State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 32-14vs Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-7vs Indiana | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 5.0 | 3.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
28%7 TFLSack rate
18%4 sacksPD rate
8%2 pass breakups25 tackles · 7 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 11-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
60.1%
576 pass / 383 run
Plays / game
79.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
615 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #520 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Purdue, 59 tackles — the college career is complete.
