Darius Long
This is his third year in the same defensive front at California. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Arizona State, Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at California, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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 & context
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Awards
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | California | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | California | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | California | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 31-17vs Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 32-59@ Washington | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21vs Arizona State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-50vs USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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.