Darius Hodges

Junior defensive lineman for Tulane. 2023: 7.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Tulane · Jr. · #6

6′2″ · 280 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 73 · #79 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTulane 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 2086 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Tulane. 2023: 7.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2019.
Transferred from Tulane to Tulane in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 18 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Tulane3-star out of Park Crossing

202212 games

Entered the portal
All-AACsecond

202311 games

All-AACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2086 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Slade Nagle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2021Tulane2-10HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #79 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#41 / 2842 · 98th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#134 / 2842 · 95th pct

9.5

QB hurries#230 / 2842 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1598 / 2842 · 43rd pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.0
Road3g	2.7	1.7	1.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	1.1	0.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #79 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Tulane	25	20	9.5	7.5	--	--	--
2022	Tulane	27	19	6.0	5.0	--	--	--
2021	Tulane	40	33	16.5	5.0	1	--	--
2020	Tulane	13	6	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
Career		105	78	34.0	18.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 29–16

vs UTSA

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

With W. Karoll — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · M. Pratt — 125 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.1 · 50 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 37-17vs South Alabama	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 20-37vs Ole Miss	3	1	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 3	W 21-3@ Southern Miss	3	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	W 36-7vs Nicholls	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 35-23vs UAB	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 31-21@ Memphis	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 8	W 35-28vs North Texas	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 24-22vs Tulsa	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 24-8@ Florida Atlantic	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 13	W 29-16vs UTSA	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 14-26vs SMU	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		25	20	9.5	7.5	—

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

Darius Hodges

2019

202212 games

202311 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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