With the Detroit Lions, 2017. Photo: Kevind810, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Mississippi State, 2011–⁠12

Darius Slay

Number: No. 9
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Brunswick, GA
Born: 1991, in Brunswick, Georgia

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Darius Slay played defensive back at Mississippi State (2011–⁠12). The Detroit Lions took Slay in round 2, No. 36 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2012; Second-team All-SEC
Drafted: No. 36; Round 2, 2013 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Honors

2012Second-team All-SEC

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2011	Mississippi State	1
2012	Mississippi State	5
Career		6

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

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2011	9	16	8	24	1	1	4	1	1
2012	13	24	16	40	1	5	6	0	0
On file		40	24	64	2	6	10	1	1

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2011	Mississippi State	9	DB
2012	Mississippi State	9	DB	6′1″

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

2012 Mississippi State 4 games with an interception on file, 5 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 1	vs.Jackson State	W 56–⁠9	1
Sep 8	vs.Auburn	W 28–⁠10	1
Sep 15	atTroy	W 30–⁠24	2
Nov 17	vs.Arkansas	W 45–⁠14	1

2011 Mississippi State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Oct 1	atGeorgia	L 10–⁠24	1

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

Drill	Combine 2013
Height	5′11⅞″
Weight	192 lb
Arm length	32¼″
Hand size	9⅜″
Wingspan	75⅝″^W
40-yard dash	4.36 s
10-yard split	1.54 s^W
Vertical jump	35½″
Broad jump	10′4″
Bench press	14 reps
3-cone drill	6.90 s
20-yard shuttle	4.21 s

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

In the NFL

13 seasons, 181 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2017–⁠19, 2021–⁠23) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2017

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2013	Detroit Lions	10	33	0	0
2014	Detroit Lions	16	57	0	2
2015	Detroit Lions	15	57	0	2
2016	Detroit Lions	13	42	1	2
2017	Detroit Lions	16	59	0	8
2018	Detroit Lions	15	42	0	3
2019	Detroit Lions	14	44	0	2
2020	Philadelphia Eagles	15	56	0	1
2021	Philadelphia Eagles	16	49	0	3
2022	Philadelphia Eagles	16	53	0	3
2023	Philadelphia Eagles	12	50	0	2
2024	Philadelphia Eagles	13	46	0	0
2025	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	36	0	0
NFL career		181	624	1	28

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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