Senior safety on North Dakota State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Champlin, MN · Champlin Park HS
Recruiting
LB recruit
Signed with North Dakota State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on North Dakota State's 2026 roster.
Darius Givance
One game to point at: 7 tackles against Air Force — Week 2, 2026.
13 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (87th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Polasek
Pass share
37.7%
72 pass / 119 run
Plays / game
63.7
3 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
84 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Dakota State | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 38–32
at Air Force
7 TOT · 5 SOLO
Edged out Air Force on the road in a shootout.
With J. Williams — 18 rush yds (2 car) · N. Hayes — 228 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 17 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs Jacksonville State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-32@ Air Force | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
North Dakota State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · North Dakota State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Dakota State · Last season: 12-1 · Talent rank #131 · 2026 recruiting class #117
* 2025 All-MVFC Second Team * 2023 MVFC Honor Roll 2025 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 13 games at safety, making 12 starts...Missed one start due to a targeting penalty in the second half against Southern Illinois...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Recorded 37 tackles on the...
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