Virginia adds Harvard grad transfer Devin Darrington

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Running back Devin Darrington (Harvard) has signed grant-in-aid documents and will enroll at UVA this summer. He will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Darrington (Forest Hill, Md.) is set to graduate from Harvard this spring with a degree in government after playing in 22 career games for the Crimson. He leaves Harvard with 1,181 career rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. Darrington earned second-team All-Ivy League honors in 2019 after leading Harvard in rushing with 734 yards, finishing fifth in the Ivy League. Darrington scored seven touchdowns in 2019, which ranked fifth in the Ivy League.

He was a Phil Steele preseason All-Ivy League second-team selection in 2020 before the Ivy League season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Darrington attended The Bullis School just outside Washington, D.C. in Potomac, Md. He was a four-year letterwinner and earned all-state, all-conference and all-county honors for the Bulldogs.

Devin Darrington
5-9 • 205 • RB
Forest Hill, Md. • The Bullis School/Harvard

On track to graduate from Harvard in May 2021 with a degree in government … will have one year of eligibility … earned second-team All-Ivy League honors in 2019 after leading Harvard in rushing with 734 yards, finishing fifth in the Ivy League … he scored seven touchdowns in 2019, which ranked fifth in the Ivy League … appeared in 22 career games for the Crimson … leaves Harvard with 1,181 career rushing yards and 12 touchdowns … was a Phil Steele preseason All-Ivy League second-team selection in 2020 before the Ivy League season was canceled.

Played running back at Bullis School for head coach Pat Cilento … transferred in for the 2017 season … also played at John Carroll … was a four-year high school letterwinner … earned all-state, all-conference and all-county honors … named first team All-MIAA and first team All-IAC … four-year letterwinner in track and two-year letterwinner in wrestling … honor Roll all four years … Presidential Honor Roll in 2015 … involved with Habitat for Humanity, Angel Tree and Future Business Leaders of America … graduated from the same high school as current NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins.