Senior linebacker for San José State. 2021: 30 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 207 lb · Berkeley, CA
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
ILB recruit
No. 262 nationally · Joined San José State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for San José State. 2021: 30 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Hadari Darden
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at San José State behind him. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Colorado State, Week 6, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at San José State, 114 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Brennan.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Brent Brennan — 18-26 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
51.0%
106 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
69.3
3 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
110 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #481 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San José State | 30 | 12 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | San José State | 25 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | San José State | 30 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | San José State | 29 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 114 | 66 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 45–14
4 TOT
Dominant 31-point win at home against Southern Utah.
With N. Starkel — 394 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · S. Olson — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-14vs Southern Utah | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 7-30@ USC | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-13@ Hawai'i | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-31vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-32@ Colorado State | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-19vs San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-21vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-40vs Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jayson VanHook’s 2020 season.
Matches Jayson on
Differs from Jayson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to DeShawn Page's senior season at Mississippi State (2022).
Matches DeShawn on
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Player DNA