Darius Shaquille Leonard, a linebacker for the National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts, was born on July 27, 1995. (NFL). Leonard was confirmed to have accepted his invitation to participate in the 2018 Senior Bowl on November 20, 2017. Leonard participated in the 2018 Senior Bowl on January 27 and led Bill O’Brien’s North squad, who defeated the South 45-16, with a game-high 14 total tackles (five solo).

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The Colts selected him in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft after he played college football for South Carolina State. In his first season, Leonard led the league in tackles and was selected to the First Team All-Pro and Defensive Rookie of the Year. The following offseason, he was chosen for the NFL Top 100. Due to his enthusiastic and effective on-field performance, Leonard has earned the nick name “Maniac” informally. As a redshirt freshman in 2014, Leonard led SCSU in tackles with 86, 14 for loss, five sacks, and two forced fumbles. The year after, in 2015, he recorded 70 stops, 1312 of those for loss, five sacks, two interceptions, and was named to the first team of the conference while only a redshirt sophomore.