SHOP DARIUS PERRANTES NIL STORE
NCAA CAREER STATS
Walter Payton Award Finalist (2023)
2x First Team All-Northeast Conference (2023, 2024)
7x NEC Offensive Player of the Week (9/13/21, 10/11/21, 10/24/22, 11/20/23, 10/7/24, 10/28/24, 11/18/24) *most ever by a Duke*
NCAA Statistical Champion (Passing Yards Per Completion - 2023)
CAREER RECAP
HONORS: Walter Payton Award Finalist (2023), 2x First Team All-Northeast Conference (2023, 2024), 7x NEC Offensive Player of the Week, 3x Honorable Mention FCS National Offensive Player of the Week
IN THE DUQ RECORD BOOK: Career: Tied 3rd in TD passes (73) ... 4th in passing yards (6,821) ... 4th in completions (473)6th in completion percentage (55.4%) ... Most Player of the Week honors in program history (7) ... Single Season: Tied 1st TD passes (29 in 2024) ... 6th in completion percentage (.596 in 2021) ... 14th (2,338 in 2024) and 15th (2,324 in 2023) in passing yards ... Single Game: Tied 1st (6 vs. Wagner in 2024) and second-most (5 twice in 2024) for TD passes ... Tied 5th in completions (29 vs. Bryant in 2021) ... 6th (412 at Stonehill in 2024) and 8th (393 vs. Wagner in 2024) ... Rooney Field Record: Most TD passes in a game (6 vs. Wagner in 2024).
CAREER SUMMARY: Finished as one of Duquesne’s most prolific quarterbacks … Spent one season at Rhode Island (2019) before transferring to Duquesne … Played 38 of 41 career games, including 22 over final two seasons ... Totaled 7,108 passing yards and 75 touchdowns on 498-of-901 passing (55.3%) … 6,821 yards, 73 touchdowns, and 473 completions came at Duquesne ... Averaged nearly 180 passing yards per game … Recorded four 300-yard games, 19 200-yard games, and 22 multi-touchdown performances … Posted a 21-12 record as a starter ... Also had five career rushing touchdowns ... 2023 Walter Payton Award finalist for National Offensive Player of the Year and was on Walter Payton Award Watch List in 2024 … Led all of Division I (FBS & FCS) in yards per completion (17.74) in 2023 ... Was conference leader and ranked in top-10 nationally in multiple passing categories both in 2023 and 2024 ... Seven-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week, the most in program history … Earned three weekly honors in 2024 and was an honorable mention for National FCS Offensive Player of the Week each time ... Led Duquesne to its first-ever win over an FBS opponent (Ohio, 2021) … Led second-ever win vs. ranked FCS team (No. 21/20 Youngstown State, 2024) ... Guided Dukes to an FCS playoff berth in 2023 and back-to-back NEC championships in 2023 and 2024 ... Two-time team captain (2023 & 2024).
AS A SENIOR (2024)
- First Team All-Conference
- Team Captain
- Tied Duquesne single-season record with 29 passing touchdowns ... Totaled 2,338 passing yards (233.8 per game) and led the NEC in passing efficiency (149.2), yards per completion (14.08) and points responsible for per game (18.0) ... Nationally, he finished the regular season ranked third in the FCS in points responsible for per game, fourth in passing touchdowns and ninth in yards per completion ... A league-best 1,729 yards (288.2 per game) and 24 touchdowns came in NEC play ... Finished the season with multiple passing touchdowns in eight straight games ... Was only FCS quarterback to record three games of 5 or more touchdown passes during the regular season and only Duquesne quarterback ever to throw 5+ in three games in a single season ... Tied a single-game program record and set a new Rooney Field record with six touchdown passes in the win over Wagner ... Earned three NEC Offensive Player of the Week nods, pushing his career total to a Duquesne record seven in his career ... Moved into the top-five all-time at Duquesne this season in career passing touchdowns (tied for 3rd), yards (4th) and completions (4th).
- Preseason All-NEC quarterback ... Named to Walter Payton Award Watch List
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
- Walter Payton Award (National Offensive Player of the Year) finalist
- First Team All-Conference
- NCAA Statistical Champion in Passing Yards Per Completion (17.74) ... Led all of Division I (FCS and FBS)
- Led conference in passing touchdowns (21) - ranked 15th nationally -, yards (2,324 // 193.7 per game // 17.74 per completion // 8.84 per attempt - also 9th nationally), efficiency (136.7), and total touchdowns (23 // 138 points responsible for)
- NEC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 20) after championship-clinching win at Merrimack
- Threw for three touchdowns and 218 yards on 11-for-18 passing in NEC title game at Merrimack
- Team Captain ... Started all 12 games
- Six-time NEC Prime Performer
- Had three passing TDs four times (all in conference play) - the most of any NEC quarterback ... Tossed multiple scores seven times and at least one in 10 of the 12 games
- Threw for over 200 yards eight times, including all seven conference games
- Rushed in touchdowns in season opener vs. Edinboro and in home finale against Stonehill ... Scampered 34-yards (a career long) into the endzone vs. Stonehill
- Totaled 327 yards of total offense (29 rush // 298 pass) - the second most in a game by an NEC player this season - in the Stonehill contest
- Completed 89-yard touchdown to Keshawn Brown in Stonehill game - the longest pass play in the league this season and fourth-longest pass play in Duquesne history
- Averaged 244.7 yards per game and threw 17 touchdowns in NEC games ... More than 85 yards and 5 TDs better than the next ranked NEC QB in league play
- Engineered a 14-point comeback victory in conference opener at LIU, as Dukes won 31-28 on last second field goal
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Appeared in seven games with one start (10/29 vs. LIU) ... Suffered season-ending injury early in LIU game.
- Passed for six touchdowns, including one in each of his final five games.
- Earned NEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for two scores at Central Conn. State with a season-high 260 yards and 17-for-24 passing.
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
- Started eight games and went 139 for 233 with 1,620 passing yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions
- Ranked third in the NEC with both 180.0 yards per game and a passing efficiency of 136.13
- Had five games with three touchdowns passes or more
- Added 25 carries for 39 yards and two touchdowns on the ground
- Finished 23 of 34 with 194 yards and a touchdown (zero interceptions) and added a touchdown rush in upset win at Ohio to garner NEC Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/11/21)
- Completed 12 of 21 attempts for 126 yards and a season-high four touchdowns at Merrimack (10/2/21)
- Posted 316 passing yards on a season-high 29 completions (41 attempts) with three touchdowns and one rushing touchdown versus Bryant to earn NEC Offensive Player of the Week laurels (10/9/21)
- Completed 24 of 48 passes for a season-high 329 yards with three touchdowns versus Central Conn. St. (11/13/21)
- Closed out the season with 241 yards on 16 of 24 passing with three touchdowns at Wagner (11/20/21)
AS A FRESHMAN (2019 at Rhode Island)
- Played in three games for the Rams, including two starts at William & Mary (11.9.19) and at Maine (11.16.19)
- Completed 25-of-47 pass attempts (53.2 pct.) for 287 yards and two touchdowns with one interception
- Made his first career start at William & Mary, completing 12-of-21 passes for 188 yards with a pair of touchdowns
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played for head coach Jim Bonds at St. Francis La Cañada in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.
- Was named LA Times News- 2017-18 All-Area Player of the Year and Pasadena Now News 2017-18 Player of the Year
- Also earned First Team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) honors and was two-time Angelus League MVP
- Posted an 18-7 record in two seasons as starting quarterback for the Golden Knights
- Tallied 5232 passing yards with 48 touchdowns to go with 705 rushing yards and 15 scores on the ground in high school
- Passed for 432 yards with five touchdowns and rushed for 70 yards vs Paraclete as a senior
- Threw for 322 yards and six touchdowns to go with 60 rushing yards vs Mira Coast in first career start
PERSONAL
- Full name: Darius Maxwell Perrantes
- Born March 21, 2001 in Santa Monica, Calif.
- Son of Karina and London Perrantes Sr.
- Has three brothers (Malakai, Isaiah and London)
- Older brother (London) was a basketball standout at Virginia from 2013-17 and was drafted to the NBA ... Currently plays professional in the Greek Basket League for Kolossos Rodou
