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8 Dariel Djabome

8 Dariel Djabome

  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 237
  • Hometown:
    Longueuil, Québec, Canada
  • High School:
    Canada Prep Academy
  • Major:
    Human Resource Management

Summary

Biography

2025 Team Captain
2024 Cornish Trophy Finalist
2024 All-ECAC Defense

2024 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2023 Academic All-Big Ten


2025 (Senior): Posted five tackles versus Ohio (8/28) ... voted a team captain (8/25) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by The Athletic (second team) (7/22), Athlon Sports (second team) (7/2) and Phil Steele (second team) (6/19).

2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at linebacker ... voted Third Team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention by the coaches (12/3) ... selected as a finalist for the Cornish Trophy (12/19), which honors the top Canadian in college football ... selected to All-ECAC Defense (12/20) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/12) for the second time ... first on the team with 105 tackles, the fifth-most in a season under head coach Greg Schiano ... ranked fifth in Big Ten with 8.1 tackles per game ... led the defense in tackles in seven games ... had five games in double figures with a high of 14 stops twice ... also paced the unit with 7.5 tackles-for-loss ... posted 3.5 sacks ... added two forced fumbles and a pass breakup ... assisted on a sack in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... had a sack on seven tackles in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... in on seven tackles with one for loss against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... picked up five stops in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... collected a season-high 14 tackles with three for loss and a sack in win over Minnesota (11/9) ... posted 10 tackles and a pass breakup versus UCLA (10/19) ... contributed 12 tackles with a forced fumble against Wisconsin (10/12) ... had a sack on eight stops at Nebraska (10/5) ... compiled a game-high 12 tackles in win over Washington (9/27) ... forced a fumble on five tackles at Virginia Tech (9/21) ... added five stops against Akron (9/7) ... posted a season-high 14 tackles in first collegiate start versus Howard (8/29).

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... totaled 15 tackles ... contributed two stops in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded 10 tackles with one for loss versus Maryland (11/25) ... posted two tackles at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... in on a stop against Wagner (9/30).

2022 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games ... made a tackle versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... made collegiate debut at Boston College (9/3).

Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Andre Clarke at Canada Prep Academy in Ontario ... played linebacker and wide receiver during scholastic career ... also played at Ecole Secondaire Jacques-Rousseau High School prior to arrival at Canada Prep Academy ... a top-100 prospect by Canada Football Chat.

Personal: Brother, Rossini, played football at York College in Ontario and spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Elks.

Major: Human Resource Management

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2022Freshman

    LB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    58
  • 28

    2023Sophomore

    LB
    6'2" 240 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2024Junior

    LB
    6'2" 240 lbs
    28
  • 8

    2025Senior

    LB
    6'2" 237 lbs
    8
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