Junior linebacker for Maryland. 2025: 11 tackles.
6′2″ · 221 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD · Frederick Douglass
Darius Grimes
Second year in the Maryland linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Michigan State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike Locksley, all pass-leaning offenses — 8-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 44–17
vs Towson
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 27-point win at home against Towson.
With M. Washington — 261 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.8 · 29 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. McFerson — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17vs Towson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-55vs Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38@ Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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
Maryland
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Maryland
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Maryland · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #46 · 2026 recruiting class #43
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025): Saw action in all 12 games. Recorded 11 total tackles, including seven solo stops. Was chosen as a captain for Rutgers game. Was honored as one of the Special Teams Players of the Year at the year-end awards banquet. Recorded two tackles against Indiana. Had a pair...
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