CAREER OVERVIEW:

• Breakout rookie corner who made an immediate impact and was one of the country’s top freshman in 2021
• Named a Freshman All-American by a number of national publications and was the runner-up for ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year in voting
• Also selected to the All-ACC team as a rookie in 2021
• Enters 2022 with 43 career tackles, 3.5 tackes for loss, 3 interceptions, 11 passes defended and eight pass breakups

FRESHMAN YEAR (2021):

• Named a Freshman All-American by ESPN, Pro Football Focus and 247 Sports
• Third Team All-ACC
• Runner-up in voting for ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
• Shaun Alexander Award Watch List
• Started all-12 games at corner
• Had the second-most passes defended in the ACC
• Led the Orange with three interceptions
• Became the third Orange true freshman DB and first corner in the last 40 years to earn a week 1 starting job out of camp, joining Andre Cisco (2018) and Markus Paul (1985), who both went on to be drafted in the first four rounds of the NFL Draft
• Had 43 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions and eight pass breakups in his freshman season
• Had eight tackles, an interception and 0.5 tackles for loss in his collegiate debut at Ohio (9/4)
• Was named ACC Rookie of the Week and Pro Football Focus and 247 Sports True Freshman of the Week for his play vs. the Bobcats
• Made five tackles against Rutgers (9/11)
• Had a pass breakup and a tackle vs. UAlbany (9/18)
• Tied his career high with five solo tackles against Liberty (9/24) and also had a pass breakup
• Had three tackles and a highlight-reel interception at Florida State (10/2)
• Made five tackles against Wake Forest (10/9)
• Had a solo tackle and a pass breakup vs. Clemson (10/15)
• Made four solo tackles and had a PBU at Virginia Tech (10/23)
• Had four tackles and a tackle for loss against Boston College (10/30)
• Made two tackles at Louisville (11/20)
• Had a career-high two pass breakups at NC State (11/20)
• Made four tackles, a career-high two tackles for loss and had an interception in the end zone against Pittsburgh (11/27

HIGH SCHOOL:

• Rated four stars by Rivals and ranked as one of the top-25 cornerbacks in the class
• Had three interceptions in his senior season and had 13 career special teams touchdowns
• Two-Time USA Today Network All-New Jersey selection, including first-team honors in 2020
• Two-time team captain at Camden High School
• Three-sport athlete, also competing in basketball and track
• Goes by ‘Duce’

PERSONAL:

• Darian Chestnut … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences