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Jersey Number 6
Darien Whitaker Jr.
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 246
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Boys Town [NE]
2025: Saw time in the final two games of the season as he retained his redshirt… Played exclusively on kickoff coverage, recording tackles against both Utah and Colorado.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Boys Town under head coach Chris Nizzi... Regarded as the 60th-best linebacker in the nation for the Class of 2025 by On3, while the organization viewed him as the seventh-best overall player in the state of Nebraska... Rated the sixth-best overall prospect in the state of Nebraska by 247Sports... Picked up all-state and all-district honors as a senior, while he was a finalist for the district player of the year award... Named a finalist for Nebraska’s “Mr. Football” award by the Jet Award Foundation... Had a great senior season in which he carded 82 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions... Totaled 107 tackles in his three-year career... Also tallied 1,589 career rushing yards with 25 touchdowns in addition to 361 kickoff return yards... Competed in basketball and the high jump.
PERSONAL: Darien Whitaker Jr. was born February 6, 2007, in Baltimore, Maryland... Son of Jayme Delly... Has four siblings, Nashiya, Coby, Ashton and Mai’zi... Cousin, Brian Simms III, is a linebacker at Cincinnati... Plans on majoring in psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Boys Town under head coach Chris Nizzi... Regarded as the 60th-best linebacker in the nation for the Class of 2025 by On3, while the organization viewed him as the seventh-best overall player in the state of Nebraska... Rated the sixth-best overall prospect in the state of Nebraska by 247Sports... Picked up all-state and all-district honors as a senior, while he was a finalist for the district player of the year award... Named a finalist for Nebraska’s “Mr. Football” award by the Jet Award Foundation... Had a great senior season in which he carded 82 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions... Totaled 107 tackles in his three-year career... Also tallied 1,589 career rushing yards with 25 touchdowns in addition to 361 kickoff return yards... Competed in basketball and the high jump.
PERSONAL: Darien Whitaker Jr. was born February 6, 2007, in Baltimore, Maryland... Son of Jayme Delly... Has four siblings, Nashiya, Coby, Ashton and Mai’zi... Cousin, Brian Simms III, is a linebacker at Cincinnati... Plans on majoring in psychology.
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