Darius West: S · Kentucky · #25.
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Darius West
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Second year in the same secondary at Kentucky. On tape: 10 tackles against Penn State, Bowl, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 6 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-20vs Central Michigan | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16@ No. 25 Florida | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Murray State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs No. 14 Mississippi State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Texas A&M | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 14-7vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Missouri | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-34vs No. 6 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Tennessee | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-23vs Middle Tennessee | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-10@ Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs No. 13 Penn State | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL86 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
2 seasons under Mark Stoops — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
295 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
86 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kentucky, 171 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
