#24

Darrian Lewis

Senior safety for West Virginia. 2025: 2 interceptions, 75 tackles.

S · West Virginia · Sr. · #24

5′9″ · 194 lb · Akron, OH

CFB Index 66 · #130 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to West Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

75 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 8 tackles, vs Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for West Virginia. 2025: 2 interceptions, 75 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Akron in 2021.
Transferred from Akron to West Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

Darrian Lewis

S · West Virginia · Sr · #24

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 12 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #130 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#113 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles#207 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #130 of 544 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #130 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #11 of 40 Big 12 Ss

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	75	46	1.0	0.0	--	2	--
2024	Akron	72	42	3.0	0.0	6	1	--
2023	Akron	65	42	2.0	0.5	3	--	--
2022	Akron	54	30	3.5	1.0	6	1	--
Career		266	160	9.5	1.5	15	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

8 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	4	3	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	9	4	0.0	1
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	8	4	0.0	1
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	7	4	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 24-38@ BYU	6	3	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	6	6	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	5	3	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	7	6	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	6	3	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	12	6	0.0	—	Season-high 12 tackles
Total		75	46	1.0	2

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

75Tackles

46Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

2INT

75 tackles. 0 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 21 INT
Week 31 INT

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

West Virginia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · West Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -17 net (34 in / 51 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Fred Peters’s 2021 season.

Fred Peters

76%match

Mississippi State · 2021

Patrick Smith-Young

North Texas · 2025

72%

Antavious Lane

Georgia State · 2022

All-Sun Belt

71%

Jeremiah Harris

Jacksonville State · 2023

All-Conference USA

71%

Gunner Maldonado

Arizona · 2023

71%

Matches Fred on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Fred on

Weight (lower)

Height (lower)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to J.J. Roberts's senior season at Marshall (2023).

J.J. Roberts

78%match

Marshall · 2023

All-Sun Belt

Gunner Maldonado

Arizona · 2023

78%

Christopher Wallace Jr.

South Alabama · 2025

76%

Devyn Bobby

Baylor · 2025

74%

Antavious Lane

North Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

73%

Matches J.J. on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

PD rate

Differs from J.J. on

Height (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Darrian Lewis

Irshaad Davis

Troy · 2023

87%

Patrick Smith-Young

North Texas · 2025

86%

Jeremiah Harris

Jacksonville State · 2023

84%

Billy Bowman

Oklahoma · 2023

79%

Antavious Lane

North Carolina · 2023

77%

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

2021

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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