Cornerback, Michigan State, 2010–13
Darqueze Dennard
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Dry Branch, GA
- Born
- Oct 10, 1991, in Dry Branch, Georgia
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Darqueze Dennard played cornerback at Michigan State (2010–13). He won the 2013 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2013. The Cincinnati Bengals took Dennard in the first round, No. 24 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2012, 2013First-team All-Big Ten
- 2013Jim Thorpe Award
- 2013Jack Tatum Trophy
- 2013Consensus All‑American
- 2013Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010 and 2013
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Michigan State | 3 |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 3 |
| 2013 | Michigan State | 4 |
| Career | 10 | |
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 | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 11 | 30 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 13 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013N | 14 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| On file | 105 | 63 | 168 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 3 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Michigan State | 31 | CB | |
| 2011 | Michigan State | 31 | CB | |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 31 | CB | |
| 2013 | Michigan State | 31 | CB | 5′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 Michigan State 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | at Iowa | W 26–14 | 2 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Michigan | W 29–6 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | at Northwestern | W 30–6 | 1 |
2012 Michigan State 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
2011 Michigan State 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | at Ohio State | W 10–7 | 1 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Georgia | W 33–30 | 2 |
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 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ | |
| Weight | 199 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.51 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36″ | |
| Broad jump | 11′2″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.07 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.41 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
8 seasons, 80 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 84 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 80 | 307 | 3 | 4 | |
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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