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Darius Stills #56 DL

  • Position:
    Defensive Lineman
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    285
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fairmont, W.Va.
  • High School:
    Fairmont Senior

Summary

Biography

  • Played in 43 career games, including 21 starts

2019 (Jr.)

  • Started all 10 games at nose tackle
  • WVU’s 12th NCAA Consensus All-American in school history and first since 2006
  • All-American First Team (AP, Sporting News, ESPN, Bleacher Report, USA Today)
  • All-American Second Team (Walter Camp, FWAA, Phil Steele, The Athletic)Saw action on 570 plays, including 535 defensive snaps
  • Used on 40 or more snaps in nine games, including a season-high 74 snaps against Baylor
  • Third on the WVU defense in tackles for loss (7.5) and tied for third with 3.5 sacks
  • Finished with 25 tackles for the season, including 12 unassisted tackles and an interception
  • Senior CLASS Award Semifinalist
  • Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year
  • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (coaches, AP)
  • Earned three tackles against Army in the Liberty Bowl
  • Finished with three tackles, including a TFL, at Iowa State
  • Assisted on a pair of tackles against TCU
  • Totaled five tackles at Texas Tech, including a sack
  • Registered his first career interception against Kansas; finished with three tackles and a TFL
  • Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week (Oct. 6)
  • Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5)
  • Reese’s Senior Bowl Co-Senior Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5)
  • Big day against Baylor included 3.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks on four total tackles
  • Registered three tackles, including a TFL, at Oklahoma State
  •  Lott Trophy Award Semifinalist

2019 (Jr.)

  • Earned All-Big 12 First Team honors
  • Played in 12 games at nose tackle and started 11
  • Saw action on 706 plays, including 649 defensive snaps
  • Used on 40 or more snaps in 10 games, including a season-high 76 snaps at Kansas State
  • Led WVU in tackles for loss (14.5) and tied for the team lead with seven sacks
  • Finished with 47 tackles for the season, including 28 unassisted tackles, five quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and two pass breakups
  • Tied for No. 5 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss per game (1.21)
  • Tied for No. 4 in the conference in sacks per game (0.58)
  • Tied for the team lead in sacks with seven
  • Finished with five tackles, including a TFL and a pass breakup, at TCU
  • Tallied one tackle for loss against Oklahoma State
  • Forced his first career fumble and recorded five tackles at  K-State
  • Recorded his first career pass breakup against Texas Tech
  • Registered his first 10-plus tackle performance at Baylor, which included career highs in tackles (10), solo tackles (7) and sacks (3)
  • Also matched his career highs in assists (3) and tackles for loss (3) at Baylor
  • Assisted on a tackle for loss at Oklahoma
  • Big day against Texas featured four tackles, including three tackles for loss and a sack
  • Picked up three tackles at Kansas
  • Defensive Player of the Week - Kansas
  • Notched two tackles for loss against NC State, his second consecutive game with multiple TFLs
  • Logged two sacks at Missouri; finished with three tackles on the day
  • Posted a career high in tackles with six against James Madison, one of which went for a loss
  • Also blocked a field goal against the Dukes

2018 (So.)

  • Played in 12 games in 2018, added depth on defensive line
  • Finished with 12 tackles for the season, including eight solo tackles, one sack and 3.5 tackles for loss
  • Posted a sack and a quarterback hurry against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
  • Recorded an assisted stop vs. Oklahoma
  • Finished with one solo stop against Kansas, Baylor and TCU
  • Registered two total tackles, including one solo stop, against Texas Tech
  • Tallied one solo stop against Kansas State
  • Led the team with a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss against Tennessee

2017 (Fr.)

  • Played in nine games, added depth on defensive line
  • Logged 82 snaps, 79 of them coming on defense
  • Season-high 17 plays against Oklahoma State and Iowa State
  • Made first career tackle vs. Oklahoma State

 High School

  • Played for coach J.L. Abbott at Fairmont Senior High
  • Two-time First-Team AA All-State selection
  • Three-year starter; finished with a career 191 tackles and 44 tackles for loss
  • Two-time First-Team All-Big 10 Conference
  • Two-time selection to the USA Today All-West Virginia team
  • Totaled 75 tackles as a senior to go along with 30 tackles for loss and nine sacks
  • Led the defense that gave up just 16.2 points per game, 173.8 rushing yards, 48.5 passing yards and 222.2 total yards per game
  • Defensive unit gave up just 211 points in 13 games
  • Totaled a season-high eight tackles and three tackles for loss against North Marion
  • Season-high four sacks in one game
  • Other top stat totals included seven tackles against University High, six tackles against Bridgeport and Weir and six tackles, three tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries against East Fairmont

Personal

  • Son of Gary Stills and Janeen Floyd
  • One of three children
  • Brother, Dante, is an All-Big 12 defensive lineman at WVU
  • Father was an All-Big East performer at West Virginia for Hall of Fame Coach Don Nehlen before a successful nine-year NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams
  • Graduated in December 2020 with his bachelor's degree in multidisciplinary studies
  • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2017Freshman

    Defensive Lineman
    6'4" 278 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Lineman
    6'1" 296 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2019Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'1" 292 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2020Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'1" 285 lbs
    56
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