Last confirmed: South Alabama, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Winter Haven, FL
Darian Mills: CB · South Alabama · #21.
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Darian Mills
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Darian Mills has been at South Alabama through two head coaches in two seasons. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Texas State — Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 10 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Alabama | 16 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2017 | South Alabama | 36 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | -- |
| Career | 52 | 38 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-30vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-55@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs Texas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 35-52@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-52@ App State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-7vs Alabama State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-38vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Arkansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-48@ Louisiana | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 16 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 31-28
1 interception · 3 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Coastal Carolina at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
62%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
16tackles this season16 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Campbell
Pass share
39.3%
323 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
68.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
332 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Alabama, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
