Darius Statham

Height:
6-null
Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Benjamin E. Mays HS

2014 Indoor First Team All-Conference USA (4x400m Relay)
2015 Outdoor Second Team All-Conference USA (4x100m Relay)

2015: Redshirted the indoor season, did not compete ... Opened the outdoor season at the rainy Jim Mize Invitational (3/20-21) where he won the 200m with a time of 22.36 and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay that finished second with a time of 41.33 ... Ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay in the invitational race at the 88th Annual Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/26-28) that finished sixth with a time of 39.94 and also ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay that ran 40.61 to place 10th in the open relay race and ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay that ran 3:14.27 to finish 24th ... At the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/2-4), anchored the 4x100m relay that ran 40.09 to finish 10th and ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay that placed 26th with a time of 3:15.97 ... Ran a new personal best time of 48.21 in the 400m as he placed eighth at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) ... Ran a pair of personal best times at the Leon Johnson Invitational (4/25) as he finished third in the 200m with a time of 21.37 and placing fourth in the 400m with a time of 47.61 ... At the Conference USA Championships (5/14-17), garnered second team all-conference honors as he anchored the 4x100m relay that finished second with an altitude-adjusted time of 39.94, ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished sixth with an altitude-adjusted time of 3:16.12 and ran an altitude-adjusted time of 49.79 to place 18th in the 400m.

2014: Finished 32nd in the season-opening UAB Blazer Invite (1/10-11) with a time of 36.29 and ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay that placed 11th with a time of 3:19.14 ... Ran 49.89 to finish 15th in the 400m and ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay "A" squad that placed seventh with a time of 3:14.54 at the Texas A&M 10 Team Invite (1/18) ... Finished 13th in the 200m at the Southern Miss Invitational (1/30) with a time of 22.65) ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay that finished 13th at the Tyson Invitational (2/14-15) with a time of 3:15.22 ... Finished 26th in the 400m at the C-USA Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1) with a time of 50.30 while running the second leg of the 4x400m relay that won gold with a time of 3:13.48, the third-fastest time in school history ... Ran 49.00 in the 400m to finish fourth while running the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished second with a time of 3:15.39 at the outdoor season-opeing Jim Mize Invitational (3/22) ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay at the Texas Relays (3/27-29) that placed sixth with a time of 3:09.57 after running 3:10.38 in the prelims ... Ran an altitude-adjusted time of 51.75 in the 400m to place 14th and ran the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay that placed third with an altitude-adjusted time of 3:19.02 at the UTEP Invitational (4/12) ... Ran a personal best time of 48.62 in the 400m to finish seventh and was the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished sixth with a time of 3:13.87 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/19) ... Finished 25th in the 200m at the Bobcat Classic (4/26) with a time of 21.86 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished fourht at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/16-18) while placing 24th in the 400m by running 49.56.

High School: Graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School in 2013 ... Lettered in track and field ... 2013 Georgia 400 meter state champion ... 2013 Most Outstanding Runner ... 2013 Most Valuable Player ... Placed #31 in the nation in the 400 meter with a time of 47.25 ... Coached by Eric Bowens and Eric Merriweather.

Personal: Born on July 2, 1995 in Atlanta Ga. ... Son of Deborah Statham and Gerald Wlliamson ... Has one brother, Ronald Cuffy ... Chose Louisiana Tech over Georgia Tech and Drake University.