Football
Darius Safford
- Title:
- Cornerbacks Coach
- Email:
- safford_ds@mercer.edu
- Phone:
- (478) 301-4613
Hired at Mercer: March 6, 2018
Collegiate Coaching Experience:
Collegiate Coaching Experience:
- Mercer – Cornerbacks (2018-Present)
- West Georgia – Cornerbacks (2017)
- Helped lead Wolves to 9-4 overall record
- Guided a cornerbacks unit that contributed to 14 team interceptions
- Wolves’ defense held opponents to 15.2 points per game
- Georgia Southern – Graduate Assistant (2015-16)
- Assisted Eagles’ secondary staff
- Helped with opponent breakdown, scout team responsibilities & academic monitoring
- Georgia Southern, 2013
- Transferred to Georgia Southern for final year of eligibility
- Played in all 11 games, recording 21 tackles for the Eagles
- Added four tackles for loss & four pass break-ups
- Lafayette College (Pa.), 2009-12
- Voted to tri-captain position for Leopards by teammates (2012)
- Selected to All-Patriot League Second Team (2012)
- Started every game over final two seasons
- Tallied 108 total tackles as a cornerback at Lafayette
- Recorded seven interceptions for Lafayette
- Georgia Southern, 2013 (M.S., Sport & Fitness Administration/Management)
- Lafayette College (Pa.), 2013 (A.A., African Studies)
- Born: November 19, 1990
- Son of Brenda Safford
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