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Jersey Number 9
Darren Carrington II
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Oregon
Bio
UTAH: Graduate transfer from Oregon played one year for the Utes … two-time second-team All-Pac-12 Conference (2015 Oregon 2017 Utah) … 11 career 100-yard games included four at Utah.
2017–All-Pac-12 Conference second team … played in 12 games with nine starts … missed the Washington State game and played limited downs against UCLA and Washington due to injury … 81.7 yards per game ranked second in the Pac-12 … 5.8 receptions per game was fourth in the league … led the Utes in receptions (70), yards (980) and touchdowns (6) … averaged 14.0 yards per catch … 980 receiving yards ranked eighth in Utah’s single-season records … 70 receptions was the sixth-most in a single season by a Ute … four 100-yard receiving games (153 vs. San Jose State, 130 vs. Oregon, 129 vs. BYU, 127 vs. North Dakota) … 99 yards on seven catches and a touchdown all in the second half against Stanford.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played in 33 games at Oregon from 2014-16, earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2015 … Oregon’s leading receiver in 2016 had 43 receptions for 606 yards and five TDs … seven career 100-yard receiving games at Oregon … made the game-winning touchdown catch with two seconds left to beat Utah in 2016 … 32 catches for 609 yards and six touchdowns in just seven games in 2015 … averaged 19.03 yards per catch and 87 yards per game in 2015, when he had four 100-yard games, including a season-high 125 yards vs. Washington … seven receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown against TCU in the Alamo Bowl … Oregon’s second-leading receiver as a redshirt freshman in 2014 had 37 catches for 704 yards and four touchdowns, which included a career-high 165 yards and two touchdowns against Florida State in the Rose Bowl ... 126 receiving yards and a touchdown against Arizona in the Pac-12 Championship game … redshirted in 2013 … four-star recruit coming out of Horizon HS (Calif.) by Rivals.com and Scout.com … No. 18-ranked receiver in the nation by Rivals … selected to play in the 2013 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl … first-team Cal-Hi small schools all-state and second-team all-CIF San Diego Section as a senior … had 2,489 career receiving yards and 30 touchdown catches at Horizon High (Calif.) while averaging 18.7 yards per catch … also played quarterback (passing for 1,049 career yards and 7 touchdowns) and safety (149 total tackles with 12.0 TFL) … Horizon High’s leading receiver as a senior in 2012 had 51 receptions for 902 yards and 12 touchdowns … also played basketball and baseball … second-team Cal Hi Sports all-state in basketball as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Vickie and Darren Carrington … father played football at Northern Arizona and was a fifth-round selection in the 1989 NFL Draft, playing for Denver, Detroit, San Diego, Jacksonville and Oakland in an eight-year career that included two Super Bowl appearances … mother (track at Northern Arizona), sister DiJonai (basketball at Stanford) and sister Diarra (basketball at New Orleans) all played college sports … bachelor’s degree from Oregon.
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2017–All-Pac-12 Conference second team … played in 12 games with nine starts … missed the Washington State game and played limited downs against UCLA and Washington due to injury … 81.7 yards per game ranked second in the Pac-12 … 5.8 receptions per game was fourth in the league … led the Utes in receptions (70), yards (980) and touchdowns (6) … averaged 14.0 yards per catch … 980 receiving yards ranked eighth in Utah’s single-season records … 70 receptions was the sixth-most in a single season by a Ute … four 100-yard receiving games (153 vs. San Jose State, 130 vs. Oregon, 129 vs. BYU, 127 vs. North Dakota) … 99 yards on seven catches and a touchdown all in the second half against Stanford.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played in 33 games at Oregon from 2014-16, earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2015 … Oregon’s leading receiver in 2016 had 43 receptions for 606 yards and five TDs … seven career 100-yard receiving games at Oregon … made the game-winning touchdown catch with two seconds left to beat Utah in 2016 … 32 catches for 609 yards and six touchdowns in just seven games in 2015 … averaged 19.03 yards per catch and 87 yards per game in 2015, when he had four 100-yard games, including a season-high 125 yards vs. Washington … seven receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown against TCU in the Alamo Bowl … Oregon’s second-leading receiver as a redshirt freshman in 2014 had 37 catches for 704 yards and four touchdowns, which included a career-high 165 yards and two touchdowns against Florida State in the Rose Bowl ... 126 receiving yards and a touchdown against Arizona in the Pac-12 Championship game … redshirted in 2013 … four-star recruit coming out of Horizon HS (Calif.) by Rivals.com and Scout.com … No. 18-ranked receiver in the nation by Rivals … selected to play in the 2013 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl … first-team Cal-Hi small schools all-state and second-team all-CIF San Diego Section as a senior … had 2,489 career receiving yards and 30 touchdown catches at Horizon High (Calif.) while averaging 18.7 yards per catch … also played quarterback (passing for 1,049 career yards and 7 touchdowns) and safety (149 total tackles with 12.0 TFL) … Horizon High’s leading receiver as a senior in 2012 had 51 receptions for 902 yards and 12 touchdowns … also played basketball and baseball … second-team Cal Hi Sports all-state in basketball as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Vickie and Darren Carrington … father played football at Northern Arizona and was a fifth-round selection in the 1989 NFL Draft, playing for Denver, Detroit, San Diego, Jacksonville and Oakland in an eight-year career that included two Super Bowl appearances … mother (track at Northern Arizona), sister DiJonai (basketball at Stanford) and sister Diarra (basketball at New Orleans) all played college sports … bachelor’s degree from Oregon.
| YEAR | G/GS | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
| 2014* | 14 | 37 | 704 | 19.0 | 4 | 64 | ||
| 2015* | 7 | 32 | 609 | 19.0 | 6 | 47 | ||
| 2016* | 12 | 43 | 606 | 14.0 | 5 | 55 | ||
| 2017 | 12/9 | 70 | 980 | 14.0 | 6 | 46 | ||
| Career | 45 | 182 | 2,899 | 15.9 | 21 | 64 |
Utah: 31, Wyoming: 6 | POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Sunday, September 14
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Keith Kelley, voice of the Wyoming Cowboys
Tuesday, September 09
Ute greats Ron McBride and Roy Jefferson Ring of Honor Induction
Monday, September 08
Utah: 63, Cal Poly: 9 | POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Saturday, September 06
