Former safety at Oklahoma. 2021: 3 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 53 tackles.
5′10″ · 195 lb · Hempstead, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 894 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former safety at Oklahoma. 2021: 3 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 53 tackles.
Delarrin Turner-Yell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Oklahoma, two different head coaches: Lincoln Riley and Bob Stoops. His first career honor landed in 2021: All-Big 12. The receipt: 10 tackles against Tulane — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma, 190 tackles — drafted at #152 overall by Denver.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Bob Stoops. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DenverEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #26 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2021
W 28–21
vs Iowa State
11 TOT · 9 SOLO · 1 INT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With M. Turk — 54 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 63 LONG · C. Williams — 87 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.4 · 67 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-35vs Tulane | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 76-0vs Western Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-16vs Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 16-13vs West Virginia | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-21vs Texas Tech | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-27@ Baylor | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-21vs Iowa State | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 33-37@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 32 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 1 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Phillip Hill’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Evan Jackson's senior season at North Texas (2024).
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Player DNA