Darryl Peterson is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wisconsin.
Peterson fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for three head coaches at Wisconsin: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard and Luke Fickell. The first career honor came in 2025: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 3 sacks against Illinois — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-0vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ No. 20 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ No. 6 Oregon | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 13-10vs No. 24 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ No. 2 Indiana | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 27-10vs Illinois | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 21 | 11.5 | 6.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
35%12 TFLSack rate
20%6 sacksPD rate
9%3 pass breakups33 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
39.7%
272 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
57.1
12 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
309 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-1% tackles behind the line, top-2% passes broken up.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #62 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #11 of 72 Big Ten LBs
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%).
One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.
