42 Darius Slade

Darius Slade Ohio State
Nationality
usaUnited States
Position
DE
Height
6'4"
Weight
255
Hometown
Montclair, NJ
High School
Montclair
Past Teams
Ohio State
Seasons
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Major: Hospitality Management (2016-17), Undeclared (2015)

Weight: 255 (2017), 258 (2016), 255 (2015), 237 (2014)

2017 Media Guide: Darius Slade is a fourth-year member of the football program and is a junior eligibility-wise … he is coming off a lower leg injury that occurred during the 2016 fall camp and kept him
sidelined for the season.

2016 Media Guide: Darius Slade earned his first Varsity O letter last year after playing in seven games for the Buckeyes … had a career-best 12 plays from scrimmage in the win over Rutgers and had 11
plays against both Virginia Tech and Michigan … Slade is a third-year sophomore.

2015 Media Guide: Darius Slade red-shirted the 2014 campaign as a true freshman and will vie for playing time along the defensive line as a second-year player in 2015.

2014 Media Guide: Darius Slade was a pleasant, signing day announcement that went Ohio State’s way as he signed his national letter of intent late in the afternoon.

High School: Slade recorded 37 quarterback sacks for 126 yards in losses the past two seasons and helped Montclair High School, coached by John Fiore, to consecutive 12-0 seasons and back-to-back New Jersey Group 5 state championships … his school has the distinction of being the first to claim consecutive state titles since the current New Jersey playoff system was implemented in 1974 … Slade had 67 tackles, including 23.5 sacks (and 35 total tackles for loss), as a senior and was named first-team all-New Jersey … he had 13.5 sacks and 46 tackles as a junior … considered one of the Top 20 senior prospects in New Jersey, a state with rich football talent … rated as high as the No. 30 strong side defensive end by 247Sports and the No. 66 defensive lineman by Scout.

Personal: Slade is the cousin of Jared Odrick, who in his fifth season with the Miami Dolphins after an All-American career at Penn State … Odrick was coached by current Ohio State assistant head coach and defensive line coach Larry Johnson at Penn State … Slade is the son of Kimberly and Dwight Slade.

Defense

SeasonTeamGGSTklSoloAsst
2015Ohio State70000
Total-70000