Linebacker, North Carolina, 2011–⁠14

Darien Rankin

Number
No. 27
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Salisbury, NC

Darien Rankin played linebacker at North Carolina (2011–⁠14).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012North Carolina3
2013North Carolina1
Career4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUHur
2012112523481321
2013N108513011–
On file332861143–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011North Carolina27LB
2012North Carolina27LB
2013North Carolina27LB
2014North Carolina27LB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2013 North Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.Middle TennesseeW 40–⁠201
2012 North Carolina 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 29vs.IdahoW 66–⁠01
Oct 27vs.NC StateW 43–⁠351
Nov 24vs.MarylandW 45–⁠381

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

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