Isaac Darkangelo: LB · Illinois · #38.
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Isaac Darkangelo
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Two seasons in the Illinois linebacker corps to date. On tape: 12 tackles against Purdue, Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
Yahoo Sports Oct 25Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Indiana | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-3vs Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-0vs Chattanooga | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-10@ Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 9-6vs Iowa | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-14vs Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-9@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 15-23vs Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Purdue | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 17-19@ No. 3 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 41-3@ Northwestern | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 41 | 8.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups67 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Bret Bielema, all run-leaning offenses — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
42.6%
393 pass / 530 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
388 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lovie Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
