Darius Hodges: DL · Tulane · #6.
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Darius Hodges
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Tulane: Willie Fritz and Slade Nagle. All-AAC in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Nicholls — Week 4, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-17vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37vs No. 20 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-3@ Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 36-7vs Nicholls | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 35-23vs UAB | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Memphis | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 35-28vs North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-22vs Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-8@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 29-16vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26vs No. 25 SMU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 20 | 9.5 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%10 TFLSack rate
30%8 sacksHurry rate
16%4 hurries25 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Willie Fritz — 31-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Slade Nagle
Pass share
42.2%
368 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
62.3
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tulane, 18 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Willie Fritz.
