Ta'Corian Darden: DB · Western Kentucky · #15.
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Ta'Corian Darden
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The four seasons at Western Kentucky span three head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Mike Sanford Jr. and Tyson Helton. On tape: 9 tackles against Louisville, Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 55 | 36 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 69 | 41 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 71 | 42 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| Career | 199 | 121 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-35vs Central Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ Florida International | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-38vs Louisville | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13vs UAB | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-3@ Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-14vs Charlotte | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-26@ Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-35vs Florida Atlantic | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-19@ Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-10@ Southern Miss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-26vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-20vs Western Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Total | 55 | 36 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Bowl · 2019
W 23-20
vs Western Michigan · neutral site
5 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 4 solo tackles
A close one, won by 3 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL55 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
53.0%
468 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
67.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
501 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 199 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Mike Sanford Jr., and Tyson Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
