Darrian Lewis is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Lewis plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Joe Moorhead and Rich Rodriguez. A game that shows it: 12 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 0 passes defended. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ No. 23 BYU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ No. 22 Houston | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 75 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 31-24
vs Pittsburgh
1 interception · 8 tackles · 4 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL75 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
75 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,554 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Big 12 as a senior.
A stat line in 46 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Joe Moorhead and Rich Rodriguez.
