Darius Robinson

Former defensive lineman at Missouri. 2023: 8.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DL · Missouri · Sr. · #6

6′5″ · 296 lb · Canton, MI

CFB Index 86 · #26 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamArizona — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 27, #27 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 689 nationally · Signed with Canton

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Missouri. 2023: 8.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Canton in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Missouri, 13 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #27 overall by Arizona.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Canton

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECfirst

2024

Drafted by Arizonaround 1, pick 27

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#689 national

CFB

College

Missouri

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #27

Arizona · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020–2023

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

#27Rd 1 · Pick 27

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Missouri6-6HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2020Missouri5-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced

2021Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #26 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#24 / 2842 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#35 / 2842 · 99th pct

14.0

QB hurries#106 / 2842 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Tackles#772 / 2842 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.0
Road4g	3.5	1.5	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #26 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #26 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Missouri	43	29	14.0	8.5	--	--	--
2022	Missouri	32	24	6.5	3.5	--	--	--
2021	Missouri	24	11	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Missouri	12	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Missouri	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	70	22.0	13.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 14–3

at Ohio State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With R. Williams — 40 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 49 LONG · B. Cook — 128 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.0 · 66 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-10vs South Dakota	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee	7	3	1.5	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 30-27vs Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Memphis	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 39-49vs LSU	5	2	1.5	0.5	—
Wk 7	W 38-21@ Kentucky	6	4	2.5	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 8	W 34-12vs South Carolina	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 21-30@ Georgia	4	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	W 36-7vs Tennessee	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 33-31vs Florida	5	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 48-14@ Arkansas	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	W 14-3@ Ohio State	2	2	2.0	1.0	—
Total		43	29	14.0	8.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Darius Robinson

2019

202312 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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