Defensive back, South Carolina, 2018–⁠22

Darius Rush

Number: No. 28
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 200 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Kingstree, SC
Born: Feb 22, 2000

Darius Rush played defensive back at South Carolina (2018–⁠22). The Indianapolis Colts took Rush in round 5, No. 138 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 38; Tackles, 2022 (South Carolina, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 138; Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

8tackles, career highvs. Texas A&M, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

4–⁠82–⁠87–⁠68–⁠5AP 23

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	South Carolina	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2020	South Carolina	8	7	0	0	0	0	0
2021	South Carolina	26	24	3	1	1	8	0
2022	South Carolina	38	28	2	0	2	7	1
Career		75	61	5	1	3	15	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	South Carolina	28	DB	Fr.
2020	South Carolina	28	DB	So.
2021	South Carolina	28	DB	Jr.
2022	South Carolina	28	DB	Sr.	6′2″	200

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

2022 South Carolina 10 games, 38 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Georgia State	W 35–⁠14	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 10	atArkansas	L 30–⁠44	4	1	0	0	2
Sep 17	vs.Georgia	L 7–⁠48	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 8	atKentucky	W 24–⁠14	4	2	1	0	1
Oct 22	vs.Texas A&M	W 30–⁠24	8	6	0	1	1
Oct 29	vs.Missouri	L 10–⁠23	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 5	atVanderbilt	W 38–⁠27	7	6	1	1	0
Nov 12	atFlorida	L 6–⁠38	2	1	0	0	2
Nov 19	vs.Tennessee	W 63–⁠38	3	3	0	0	0
Nov 26	atClemson	W 31–⁠30	3	3	0	0	1

2021 South Carolina 13 games, 26 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 46–⁠0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	atEast Carolina	W 20–⁠17	1	1	0	0	1	0
Sep 18	atGeorgia	L 13–⁠40	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Kentucky	L 10–⁠16	2	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Troy	W 23–⁠14	3	3	1	0	0	1
Oct 9	atTennessee	L 20–⁠45	2	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 16	vs.Vanderbilt	W 21–⁠20	3	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 23	atTexas A&M	L 14–⁠44	2	2	0	0	0	1
Nov 6	vs.Florida	W 40–⁠17	2	2	1	1	0	0
Nov 13	atMissouri	L 28–⁠31	4	4	0	0	0	1
Nov 20	vs.Auburn	W 21–⁠17	2	2	0	0	0	2
Nov 27	vs.Clemson	L 0–⁠30	2	2	1	0	0	2
Dec 30 ✦	vs.North Carolina	W 38–⁠21	0	0	0	0	0	1

2020 South Carolina 3 games, 8 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Oct 10	atVanderbilt	W 41–⁠7	4	3
Nov 7	vs.Texas A&M	L 3–⁠48	2	2
Dec 5	atKentucky	L 18–⁠41	2	2

2019 South Carolina 3 games, 3 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 7	vs.Charleston Southern	W 72–⁠10	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Kentucky	W 24–⁠7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 2	vs.Vanderbilt	W 24–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2023 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 10–⁠27).

Drill	Combine 2023
Height	6′1⅞″
Weight	198 lb
Arm length	33⅜″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan	79⅝″^W
40-yard dash	4.36 s
10-yard split	1.51 s^W
Vertical jump	35″
Broad jump	10′1″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2023	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	3	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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