Darius Green is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Minnesota.
Green plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the Minnesota secondary. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northwestern, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Northwestern State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20vs Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-6vs No. 25 Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-41@ Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-20vs Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ No. 7 Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38vs Northwestern | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
 Bowl | W 20-17vs New Mexico | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 17 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%2 TFL26 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
4 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 31-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
51.7%
397 pass / 371 run
Plays / game
59.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #507 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #70 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
