Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2020: 3.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.
6′1″ · 285 lb · Fairmont, WV
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1477 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
Statement game10 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat Baylor (FBS) · L 14-17
Top 1% sacks game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2020: 3.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.
Darius Stills
Four seasons at West Virginia, two different head coaches: Dana Holgorsen and Neal Brown. 2020 brought the first one: All-America (Consensus). The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 sacks against Texas Tech — Week 8, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at West Virginia, 12 sacks, an All-American season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2020)
4 first-team selectors
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st 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
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | West Virginia | 24 | 12 | 7.5 | 3.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 46 | 31 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 12 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 83 | 51 | 26.0 | 11.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 13-27@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-21vs Baylor | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 38-17vs Kansas | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34@ Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 13-17@ Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-6vs TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-42@ Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 |