Darius Robinson: DL · Missouri · #6.
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Darius Robinson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Missouri: Barry Odom and Eli Drinkwitz. The first one came in 2023: All-SEC. On tape: 7 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Middle Tennessee, Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-10vs South Dakota | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 15 Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 39-49vs No. 23 LSU | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21@ No. 24 Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 34-12vs South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 36-7vs No. 14 Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-31vs Florida | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 14-3vs No. 7 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 29 | 14.0 | 8.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
33%14 TFLSack rate
20%8 sacksHurry rate
14%6 hurries43 tackles · 14 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
43.8%
374 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
65.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #26 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Missouri, 13 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #27 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 3rd NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 3rd NFL season
