Last confirmed: Vanderbilt, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Los Angeles, CA
LaDarius Wiley: S · Vanderbilt · #5.
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LaDarius Wiley
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his third year in the same secondary at Vanderbilt. On tape: 11 tackles against Kentucky, Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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 | Vanderbilt | 78 | 41 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 88 | 58 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 76 | 50 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 242 | 149 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 11 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Nevada | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-22@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-37vs South Carolina | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-27vs Tennessee State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-37vs No. 14 Florida | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-14@ No. 14 Kentucky | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 45-31@ Arkansas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-33@ Missouri | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-29vs Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-13vs Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 78 | 41 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 36-29
vs Ole Miss
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL78 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Derek Mason — 17-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
49.2%
413 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
78 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 242 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Derek Mason.
