Darien Whitaker Jr.

LB · #6 · Kansas State · SO · 6'3" · 246 · Baltimore, MD

LDE depth chart, 2nd

9 2026 tackles

2.5 · 3 2026 sacks · TFL

0 2026 INT + PD

8 Career games (3 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2026	Kansas State	6	3	9	2.5	3	0	0	2
2025	Kansas State	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tackles per game 1.5 41

Havoc plays 8 93

INT + pass breakups 0 0

Forced fumbles 2 96

Explosive rate allowed 15.4% 3

Line yards per carry allowed 2.4 60

Sack rate 9.4% 93

Week	Opponent	Tkl	Sacks	TFL
W1	Nicholls State Colonels	2	1
W2	WSU	2		1
W3	TULN	2	1	1
W4	@ CIN	1		1
W7	KU	1

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2025 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2025 board

#1200

Nikolas Alston DL · Thompson TULN

#1200

Jaquari Lewis RB · Chaminade-Madonna APP

#1203

Darien Whitaker Jr. LB · Boys Town KSU

#1225

O'Lontae Dean ATH · Armwood IOWA

#1225

Julius Simms S · Whitehouse TCU

LBs in the class

#121

Asher Wasserman Hamden Hall DUKE

#121

#123

Darien Whitaker Jr. Boys Town KSU

#125 Kenyon Rivera Buford MEM

#126 Bryson Walters Itawamba Agricultural MISS

2026 · 93th pctile of LBs

Recruit · 62th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.