Darren Manning

Darren Manning (born April 27th, 1993) is an American football safety for the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for four years at Tennessee. The Vikings selected him in the second round of the 2016 NFLHC Draft.
==College Career==
Darren Manning was one the top safety prospects coming out of high school in 2011. 247sports.com had him listed as the number 2 safety prospect in the country and the number one overall player in the state of Tennessee. Manning chose the hometown Volunteers early in his junior year of high school and never wavered on his commitment. In an interview, Manning said that he "hated the recruiting process and wanted to get back to business." Manning hit the ground running at Tennessee, leading all defensive freshman in tackles. Although he played primarily on special teams, he appeared at free safety for 3 games. An injury-plagued sophomore season kept him off the field for 7 games, but was seen as a disappointment considering his impressive freshman campaign. Finally healthy, Manning dominated his junior and senior seasons starting every game at strong safety. Following his senior season, Manning entered the NFL Draft as a consensus top-2 safety prospect, along with Tavian Oliphant from Alabama. 
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Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive
Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Tack 	Int 	Sacks 	FF 	FR 	Blocks 	TDs 	Safeties
2014 	TENN 	12 	12 	14 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2015 	TENN 	12 	12 	5 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Career	Career	24 	24 	19 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
==Professional Career==
The Vikings selected Manning in the second round of the 2016 NFLHC Draft. Following the draft, GM TheCrimsonChin said "I almost pissed myself when Manning was still available where we were picking in the second. I couldn't believe it. I think we had the pick submitted in less than 10 seconds."
The day after the draft, Manning signed a four-year contract with the Vikings worth approximately $18 million.
===Minnesota Vikings===
Darren Manning became the starting strong safety for the Vikings before the 2016 NFLHC preseason.
====Regular season====
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Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive
Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Tack 	Int 	Sacks 	FF 	FR 	Blocks 	TDs 	Safeties
2016 	MIN 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Career	Career	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 
Category:Tennessee Volunteers Players