Darrien Molton

Senior cornerback for Washington State. 2018: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

CB · Washington State · Sr. · #3

5′10″ · 188 lb · Temecula, CA

Washington State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 788 nationally · Signed with Washington State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Washington State. 2018: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington State, 144 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with Washington State3-star out of Chaparral

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#788 national

CFB

College

Washington State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Mike Leach

Washington State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Leach — 37-15 over that span.

2015Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2016Washington State8-5HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018Washington State11-2HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#95 / 2662 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#446 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Tackles#893 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.2	0.2	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Washington State	41	35	1.0	1.0	8	1	--
2017	Washington State	31	23	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Washington State	72	56	2.0	0.0	6	--	--
2015	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		144	114	4.0	1.0	15	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2018

W 28–24

vs Utah

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With G. Minshew — 445 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · O. Draguicevich — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week