Darius Shipp: DT · Western Kentucky · #97.
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Darius Shipp
Wins the gap play after play. Third year in the same defensive front at Western Kentucky. First career honor, 2021: All-Conference USA. On tape: 4 tackles against North Texas, Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 40 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 73 | 36 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 73-0vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-31@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-10vs Rice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
15%3 hurries20 tackles · 1 for loss.
3 seasons under Tyson Helton — 23-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
60.9%
620 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
72.7
14 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
605 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #186 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 31 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tyson Helton.
