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Junior College Highlights (2017): In his only season at Southwest Mississippi CC was third on the team with 51 total tackles ... Was a second-team all-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges South Division selection ... Posted a season-best 12 stops at Northeast Mississippi CC ... Credited with nine tackles including a sack at nationally-ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast CC ... Recorded seven stops in his debut for the Bears against Coahoma (Miss.) CC while making six tackles the following week against ninth-ranked Holmes (Miss.) CC ... Also had six stops in matchup with Jones County (Miss.) JC.

South Carolina Highlights (2016): Sat out his only season with the Gamecocks as a redshirt.

High School Highlights: Received four stars from Rivals.com, and three from 247Sports.com and ESPN.com ... Rivals.com ranked him among the top 30 defensive tackles in the country in his class as well as the top 12 prospects in the state ... Was considered sixth in the country among centers and the top 20 recruits in the state by ESPN.com ... Participated in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game at the end of his prep career ... Named to the USA Today first-team A-List Top 10 and was a U.S. Army All-American following his senior season at St. Paul’s Episcopal School ... Also earned first-team all-state and all-region honors after helping the Saints to their second straight state 5A title and a 13-2 overall record ... A first-team all-region honoree as a junior when his efforts helped the program to a 15-0 mark on the way to the state championship ... Was honorable mention all-region his sophomore season after the Saints finished 10-3 following a berth in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.

Personal: Full name is Darius Antwan Whitfield ... Born Oct. 2, 1997, in Mobile, Ala. ... Son of Charles and Tammie Whitfield ... Brother, Joshua Casher, is a redshirt senior offensive lineman at Alabama ... Favorite movie is “Friday” ... Favorite book is “High Heat” ... Favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles ... Favorite athlete is Aaron Donald ... Favorite musical artist is Lil Baby ... Favorite food is pasta ... Favorite subject is music ... Coming out of high school had scholarship offers from Florida, Florida State, Louisiana State, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Missouri, Arizona State, Louisville and Southern Mississippi ... Recruited as a high school prospect by Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Miami (Fla.), Wake Forest and Minnesota as well ... Is majoring in communication.