#12

Darius Green

Senior defensive back on Minnesota's 2025 roster.

DB · Minnesota · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 210 lb · Covington, GA

CFB Index 19 · #507 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Minnesota for 2026

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 881 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Minnesota's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

Darius Green

DB · Minnesota · Sr · #12

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the Minnesota secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Northwestern, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 31-21 over that span.

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #507 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.2	0.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

19 · #507 of 544 safeties

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

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	26	17	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Minnesota	11	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Minnesota	44	25	3.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Minnesota	8	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		89	53	6.5	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–6

vs Nebraska

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

With T. Weston — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · D. Taylor — 148 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 31-28vs Rutgers	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 3-42@ Ohio State	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 27-20vs Purdue	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 24-6vs Nebraska	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	3	2	1.5	—
Wk 10	W 23-20vs Michigan State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 13-42@ Oregon	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 35-38@ Northwestern	5	4	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Bowl	W 20-17vs New Mexico	5	3	0.0	—
Total		26	17	2.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

26Tackles

17Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

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.

2026 Outlook

Minnesota

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Minnesota

Returning around him

1 Minnesota player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (19 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Minnesota · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #41 · 2026 recruiting class #28

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jairan Parker’s 2022 season.

Jairan Parker

83%match

Coastal Carolina · 2022

Zion Washington

Boise State · 2023

81%

Coco Azema

Northwestern · 2022

77%

Kendrick Simpkins

Baylor · 2025

77%

Jay Jones

Southern Miss · 2022

77%

Matches Jairan on

Height

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Jairan on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rickey Hyatt Jr.'s senior season at South Alabama (2024).

Rickey Hyatt Jr.

90%match

South Alabama · 2024

Anthony Switzer

Arkansas · 2024

89%

Sidney Williams

Missouri · 2023

88%

Jackson Barrow

Toledo · 2023

87%

Torren Union

Utah State · 2024

86%

Matches Rickey on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Darius Green

Takulve Williams

Western Kentucky · 2023

93%

Jaylen Reed

Penn State · 2023

89%

Clayton Bush

Illinois · 2023

85%

Owen Goss

Arizona · 2024

84%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021