Cornerback, South Alabama, 2020–⁠22

Darrell Luter Jr.

Number: No. 18
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS
Born: Apr 24, 2000

Darrell Luter Jr. played cornerback at South Alabama (2020–⁠22). The San Francisco 49ers took Luter in round 5, No. 155 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 37; Tackles, 2022 (South Alabama, 10–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 155; Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

2interceptions, career highvs. Arkansas State, 2021

Defense

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

4–⁠75–⁠710–⁠3

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2020	South Alabama	27	15	0	0	1	0
2021	South Alabama	20	12	2	4	9	0
2022	South Alabama	37	25	0.5	1	5	1
Career		84	52	2.5	5	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
2020	South Alabama	18	CB	So.
2021	South Alabama	18	CB	Jr.
2022	South Alabama	18	CB	Sr.	6′0″	190

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 Alabama 12 games, 37 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Nicholls	W 48–⁠7	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 10	atCentral Michigan	W 38–⁠24	3	3	0	0	2
Sep 17	atUCLA	L 31–⁠32	2	2	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 38–⁠14	4	2	0	0	1
Oct 1	atLouisiana	W 20–⁠17	3	2	0	1	0
Oct 15	vs.UL Monroe	W 41–⁠34	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 20	vs.Troy	L 6–⁠10	5	3	0	0	0
Oct 29	atArkansas State	W 31–⁠3	4	3	0	0	2
Nov 5	atGeorgia Southern	W 38–⁠31	2	1	0.5	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Texas State	W 38–⁠21	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 19	atSouthern Miss	W 27–⁠20	5	2	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Old Dominion	W 27–⁠20	3	3	0	0	0

2021 South Alabama 9 games, 20 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Southern Miss	W 31–⁠7	0	0	0	0	2
Sep 18	vs.Alcorn State	W 28–⁠21	3	3	0	0	2
Oct 2	vs.Louisiana	L 18–⁠20	4	4	0	0	1
Oct 9	atTexas State	L 31–⁠33	1	0	0	1	0
Oct 14	vs.Georgia Southern	W 41–⁠14	3	0	0	0	2
Oct 23	atUL Monroe	L 31–⁠41	3	1	1	0	1
Oct 30	vs.Arkansas State	W 31–⁠13	2	2	1	2	0
Nov 6	atTroy	L 24–⁠31	2	1	0	0	1
Nov 13	atApp State	L 7–⁠31	2	1	0	1	0

2020 South Alabama 8 games, 27 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 3	atSouthern Miss	W 32–⁠21	4	0	0
Sep 12	vs.Tulane	L 24–⁠27	5	3	0
Oct 17	vs.Texas State	W 30–⁠20	3	3	0
Oct 24	vs.UL Monroe	W 38–⁠14	4	3	0
Oct 29	atGeorgia Southern	L 17–⁠24	2	2	0
Nov 7	atCoastal Carolina	L 6–⁠23	3	2	0
Nov 14	atLouisiana	L 10–⁠38	4	0	0
Nov 21	vs.Georgia State	L 14–⁠31	2	2	1

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	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	5′11¾″
Weight	189 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	10⅜″
Wingspan		77⅞″^W
40-yard dash	4.46 s
10-yard split		1.57 s^W
Vertical jump	40½″
Broad jump	10′3″
3-cone drill	6.90 s
20-yard shuttle	4.43 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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

3 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2023	San Francisco 49ers	3	5
2024	San Francisco 49ers	2	3
2025	San Francisco 49ers	9	27
NFL career		14	35

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

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