Darius Fleming in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Notre Dame, 2008–⁠11

Darius Fleming

Number
No. 45
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Born
Jul 19, 1989, in Chicago, Illinois

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Darius Fleming played linebacker at Notre Dame (2008–⁠11). The San Francisco 49ers took Fleming in round 5, No. 165 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010*Notre Dame1
2011*Notre Dame1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2008N131411252.52.5––––
200911218291230017
20101327214810.55.51405
20111324315573.51317
On file86711573214.5––––

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
2009Notre Dame45OLB
2010Notre Dame45OLB
2011Notre Dame45OLB6′2″

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

2011 Notre Dame 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 26atStanfordL 14–⁠281
2010 Notre Dame 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 16vs.Western MichiganW 44–⁠201

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.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′1⅝″
Weight245 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.77 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press27 reps
3-cone drill7.03 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014New England Patriots1600
2015New England Patriots3400
NFL career41000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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