Hall of Fame

Chartric_Darby

Chartric Darby

  • Class
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Football, 2018 Inductees
Chartric “Chuck” Darby is hailed as one of the best defensive players in South Carolina State football history. A four-year starter from 1994-97, he was named First Team All-MEAC (1996 and 1997). Darby was also named an All-American in 1997 by The Sporting News and the Sheridan Broadcasting Network. He set school and MEAC records for career sacks with 40.5, and his 22 sacks in 1997 are also a school record. During Darby’s playing days, the Bulldogs went a combined 29-15 – including a 10-2 mark in 1994, when South Carolina State defeated Grambling State in the Heritage Bowl and were named Black College National Champions. He was the Heritage Bowl Defensive Player of the Game after recording five sacks in that contest, and Darby was inducted into the South Carolina State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2007, he was named to the Bulldog Centennial Football Team. Darby signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001, spending four seasons with the team and winning Super Bowl XXXVII. In an 11-year NFL career, Darby also played for the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.