CFB Zeitgeist Score
68
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.
Dariel Djabome
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
67 TACKLES · 2 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Rutgers for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Rutgers
Returning around him
- 67% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 Rutgers player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Rutgers · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #53 · 2026 recruiting class #33
LB · RUTGERS · BIG TEN
Dariel Djabome
- 4
- #8
- 6-2 | 237 lb
- Longueuil, PQ
Heisman Heat
#7606
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Rutgers · LB
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2023
Rutgers · LB
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★
2024
Rutgers · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Rutgers · LB
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Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Rutgers
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Dariel Djabome
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Dariel Djabome
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 12g
67Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
73Tackles
6.0Tackles for loss
2.2Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 67): needs 13/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 67): needs 33/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dariel Djabome is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Rutgers's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
67 94th
SOLO
33 91st
TFL
5.5 90th
SACK
2.0 90th
QBH
2 66th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Ohio | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-10vs Norfolk State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-38vs Iowa | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 19-38@ Washington | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-56vs Oregon | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Purdue | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35@ Illinois | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20vs Maryland | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ Ohio State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 33 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 67 | #303/4942 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 5.5 | #477/4972 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 2.0 | #491/4972 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 33 | #417/4584 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Losses7g | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
68Solid starter
Elite: tackles (89th). Strength: solo tackles (85th). Concern: passes defended (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Dariel DjabomeRutgersMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 92% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 90% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 88% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Forced fumbles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ernest Hausmann’s 2025 season.
Ernest Hausmann
87%match
All-Big Ten
#2
Jeremiah Brown
86%
#3
Reid Williford
86%
#4
Jimmy Rolder
All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
85%
#5
Shay Taylor
84%
Matches Ernest on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ernest Hausmann's senior season at Michigan (2025).
Ernest Hausmann
93%match
All-Big Ten
#2
Jimmy Rolder
All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
89%
#3
Shay Taylor
All-MAC
87%
#4
Reid Williford
86%
#5
Ashanti Cistrunk
85%
Matches Ernest on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
45.1%
378 pass / 460 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.1%
359 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2023
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2024
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2025
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLongueuil, PQ
Height6'2"
Weight237 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey8
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Current teamRutgers
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Rutgers | Big Ten | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.