Darius McMillan

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
5-11
Weight:
215
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Hampton, Va.
High School:
Phoebus

2012: Second-Team All-CAA ... College Sports Madness Third-Team All-CAA ... 2012 CAA Football All-Academic Team ... Team captain ... Started all 11 games for the Spiders ... Led the team with 86 tackles, 33 solo ... Also had 4.0 TFL, one sack, one interception and five pass breakups ... Totaled a game-high 10 tackles, seven solo, one tackle for loss and a pass breakup in win at Georgia State ... Game-high 13 tackles and a pass breakup in victory over Delaware ... Had 10 tackles, including five solo, along with a pass breakup at Virginia ... 10 stops, seven solo, in win over No. 2 James Madison ... Team-high 10 tackles, 0.5 TFL and one pass breakup in Capital Cup win at William & Mary ... Seven tackles against No. 4 Old Dominion ... Totaled six tackles and a pass breakup in win at VMI ... Five tackles and first career interception in win at Villanova ... Seven tackles, including one for loss, in shutout win over Rhode Island ... Four tackles and a sack at No. 12/13 New Hampshire ... Four tackles in victory over Gardner-Webb ... Third-Team selection on Phil Steele's FCS Preseason All-American squad ... Selected First-Team on Phil Steele's Preseason All-CAA list ... Named Preseason All-CAA in a poll by the conference coaches ... Received Third-Team Preseason All-CAA honors by College Sports Madness ...

2011: College Sports Madness All-America Second-Team ... Second-Team All-CAA ... Second-Team VaSID All-State ... Started all 11 games ... Finished the year ranked second in the CAA in tackles with 133 and tackles per game at 12.1, including 40 solo, 3.5 for loss, and 0.5 sacks ... His 133 tackles ranks eighth on the Spiders' single-season list ... Also had a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, five QB hurries, and three pass breakups ... Recorded a career-high 20 tackles, six of which were solo, and assisted on one for a loss against William & Mary ... His 20 stops were the second-most in a CAA game this season ... Registered 13 tackles, including 10 solo and an assisted tackle for a one-yard loss at Delaware ... Had 11 tackles, including five that were solo, and assisted on a sack for a one-yard loss against New Hampshire ... Against Massachusetts, hurried the quarterback twice to go with 12 tackles, including 1.0 for a loss of one yard ... Totaled 15 tackles and assisted on one for a one-yard loss at James Madison ... Forced a fumble, broke up a pass, and had 10 tackles at Old Dominion ... Recorded double-digit tackles in 10 games ... Led the Spiders in tackles in seven games this season, including each of the last five games ...

2010: Enjoyed a breakout season ... Started 10 games and finished fourth on the squad with 89 tackles ... Recorded 5.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and tied for the team lead with three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles ... Posted double-digit tackle efforts in wins over Elon (10), Massachusetts (career-high 11) and Rhode Island (10) ... Also forced a fumble and recovered a fumble in the URI win ... He recovered a pair of crucial fumbles in Richmond's 11-10 victory at No. 8 UMass ... Missed the Coastal Carolina game with an injury ...

2009: Saw action in all 13 games ... Provided depth in the Spider secondary and was a valuable contributor on special teams ... Finished his rookie season with 17 tackles, recording at least one stop in six games ... Posted his career-high of six stops in the Maine victory ... Followed that up with three tackles in the win over UMass ... His first career sack was a six-yard loss versus Hofstra ...

2008: Redshirted ...

High School: Another talented defensive recruit out of the Hampton Roads area ... McMillan led his team in tackles as a junior and senior ... As a senior captain, he recorded 148 tackles on his way to Second Team All-State and First Team All-District and All-Region honors ... Was a First Team All-District and Honorable Mention All-State pick as a junior ... Phoebus defeated Hampton to reach this year's Group AAA state semifinals ...

Personal: Son of Carmen and James McMillan.