Darren Pama

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Darren Pama
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No. 5 – Portland Pythons
Position:Running Back
Personal information
Born: (2020-09-15)September 15, 2020 (aged 40)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Username:Ztarwarz
Career information
High school:Junipero Serra
College:Iowa
DSFL Draft:2039 / Round: 3 / Pick: 6
Career history
Roster status:Active

Darren Pama (born September 15, 2020) is an American football tight end who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks.He played college football for Iowa (Iowa) and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season.


Early years

Pama was born in San Francisco, California, to Henry Pama and Summer Pama. At a young age, he showed an aptitude for football, but was hampered by his family's lack of money in pursuing it further than Flag Football levels. However, he worked his hardest in order to become a respectable student, while still practicing for sports in his meager spare time. Entering High School, Darren hit a late growth spurt and started to improve his straight line speed, joining the Track Team and ending up part of the best High School Track Team in California as a 100m hurdler and the third leg of the Relay in his Sophomore year. At about this time, he was noticed by the Serra Football Coach, who saw the possible makings of a star for them. His speed and agility made him a natural Running Back at the High School level, but he truly found his footing as a Wide Receiver. After gathering attention during a playoff game where Pama caught 8 passes on 8 throws for 168 yards, 2 TDs, and 10 broken tackles (including a 45 yard touchdown pass where he turned a broken down screen play into 4 broken tackles and 48 YAC), he was considered a decent prospect for College. However, most of the big schools passed him up, since he only had three years of Tackle Football experience once leaving High School.

College career

The first important lesson for Pama to learn is that his physical superiority was gone. His first year didn't lead to any start, although he was able to catch for 132 yards as a WR5. He was no longer able to outrun his opposition as well, and College players were much better tacklers than High School players. After a year where he got little playing time, he bulked up and tried to change his skillset. This didn't work immediately, since he was behind two Tight Ends that seemed bound for the pros, but he did have decent success as a blocker. Halfway through Sophomore year, things changed. While playing Wisconsin, a team they were heavy underdogs to, down 6 points with 3 minutes left in the half, the Iowa coach called a simple run up the gut. Pama blocked his man, got to second level and blocked a linebacker...and then a Safety got in and stripped the ball from the Running Back. The ball bounced around and Pama grabbed it. For the first time all year, he had the football in his hands in a meaningful way, and he didn't let the chance go to waste, taking that ball and running through the defense for a touchdown. In Junior Year, one of the Tight Ends tried to go pro, and Pama had an opening. He helped make the Iowa Run Game the 2nd best in the country on Yards per Carry and 4th in Yards per Game, while also catching 56 passes for 873 yards and 9 TDs. Pama's senior year was more of the same, except he suddenly regained his speed advantage that he'd seemed to lose in the jump to college. 1123 yards. Over 50 broken tackles. 14 TDs. And blocking for the best Run Game in the country. Iowa won the BCS for the first time in their history in his senior year, beating Alabama 30-7 for the title. Pama got over 100 yards and 2 TDs in that game, and declared for the draft later in the month.

College career statistics

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Career statistics Receiving
Season Team Games Rec Yards Avg Lg TD
2035 (S20) Iowa 6 9 132 14.7 37 0
2036 (S21) Iowa 11 26 326 12.5 22 0
2037 (S22) Iowa 14 56 873 15.6 69 9
2038 (S23) Iowa 15 77 1123 14.2 51 14

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40‑yd dash 20‑ss 3‑cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 5 in
(1.96 m)
245 lb
(111 kg)


DSFL Career

2039 DSFL Season

Darren Pama's first season was a tumultuous one, which partly stemmed from a surprise position switch. One of three tight ends that the Pythons took early in the draft, Pama was one of two to switch positions, specifically to Running Back. However, as a team that did not have an amazing stock of talent entering the draft, including no offensive linemen, and with the previous starter called up, Pama had to hit the ground running immediately and did not do well. With only 4 TDs on the season, and just barely getting over the 4 yards per carry mark in the last game of the season, Pama had an extremely rough time acclimating to the new position, despite the Pythons making the playoffs in the Wild Card. He was held under 3 yards per carry as often as he surpassed 5 yards per carry, and over half of the games was outperformed in yards per carry by his backup. The playoffs, in which the Pythons were heavily defeated, was basically the same as usual in terms of performance for him: sub 4 yards per carry, outperformed by his backup. He did, however, have a decent performance as the secondary kick returner behind Korbin Brown. Even this, however, held a tinge of disappointment: While Brown was able to turn 2 massive returns into touchdowns, Pama's best return was a 71 yarder where he could not outrace the Myrtle Beach special teams unit, and the offense was unable to get into the end zone.

Professional career statistics

Career statistics Rushing Receiving Kick Returns
Season Team Games Att Yards Avg Lg TD Rec Yards Avg Lg TD KR KR Yds KR Avg KR Lg KR TD
2039 (S24) Pythons 14 222 879 4 16 4 10 52 5.2 13 0 24 548 22.8 71 0

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