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Darren Carrington

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Las Vegas Raiders · FS

Darren Carrington recorded 112 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

8

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

112

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Darren Carrington's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXIX
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 29, 1995

Los Angeles Chargers vs San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XXIX · Jan 29, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Super Bowl
XXIV
DENVERBRONCOS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 28, 1990

Denver Broncos vs San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XXIV · Jan 28, 1990

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1994
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 15, 1995

Los Angeles Chargers vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Conference Championship · Jan 15, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1994
MIAMIDOLPHINS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
JAN 8, 1995

Miami Dolphins vs Los Angeles Chargers

Divisional Round · Jan 8, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1992
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
JAN 10, 1993

Los Angeles Chargers vs Miami Dolphins

Divisional Round · Jan 10, 1993

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Darren Carrington's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 2 interceptions

Regular Season
1993
MIAMIDOLPHINS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
DEC 27, 1993

Miami Dolphins vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1993

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Career high: 69 interception return yards

Regular Season
1992
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
NOV 15, 1992

Los Angeles Chargers vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Nov 15, 1992

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Darren Carrington's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1992

01
DENCARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
DENELWAY7John Elway
DENMECKLENBURG—Karl Mecklenburg

Three AFC championships establish the standard

Denver Broncos · Elway carries Denver west

Elway's arm, movement and late-game nerve repeatedly pulled Denver through the AFC even when the Super Bowl exposed the roster's limits.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETCARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1986–2000

03
LACCARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
LACSEAU55Junior Seau
LACHUMPHRIES12Stan Humphries

Defense carries an unlikely champion of the AFC

Los Angeles Chargers · Seau and the first Super Bowl

Seau became the emotional center of the franchise and the 1994 Chargers won three straight playoff games to reach Super Bowl XXIX.

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Franchise era

1995–1999

04
JAXCARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
JAXBRUNELL8Mark Brunell
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

Four straight playoff trips and two AFC title games

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Tom Coughlin built an expansion roster with extraordinary speed, upsetting Denver in 1996 and going 14–2 three years later.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

05
ARICARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1988–2001

06
LVCARRINGTON—Darren Carrington
LVBROWN81Tim Brown
LVGANNON12Rich Gannon

Old stars give way to Gruden's veteran contender

Las Vegas Raiders · Back to Oakland

The Raiders returned home, developed Brown and Woodson, and found a precise veteran offense under Jon Gruden.

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Career accomplishments

8 NFL seasons112 career games1 career sacksJersey: 218 playoff appearances2 Super Bowl appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 10, 1989Most recent: Dec 22, 1996

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history