Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Long Island University | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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Darel Middleton
Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2021: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 2 tackles.
6′7″ · 305 lb · Knoxville, TN
West Virginia 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
TE recruit
No. 567 nationally · Signed with Oak Ridge
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2021: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 2 tackles.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oak Ridge in 2016.
Darel Middleton
Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Long Island University — Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
2016
- Recruited3-star out of Oak Ridge
201911 games
- Signed with Tennessee3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.
2021
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2022
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coach2019–2021
West Virginia
Played his entire career under Neal Brown.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning
2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning
2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 1.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Tennessee | 15 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 28 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 21 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology