6′4″ · 238 lb · Oxford, MS
Darrius Liggins: DE · Middle Tennessee · #85.
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Darrius Liggins
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Middle Tennessee defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against UTEP — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 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 | Middle Tennessee | 25 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 14 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| Career | 52 | 20 | 6.0 | 3.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-35@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 61-37vs UT Martin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-49@ No. 3 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 25-24vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Florida International | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-13vs Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-17@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-10vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-32@ UTEP | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 23-34@ No. 20 Kentucky | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-27vs UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-45@ App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
2%0 TFL25 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 23-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
49.4%
483 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.9
14 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rick Stockstill.
