• The 7th OT drafted by the Vikings in the 1st round in Vikings history and the 5th-highest at #23.
• Vikings traded back from #14 in the 1st round with the NY Jets to acquire the #23 selection and draft Darrisaw.
• The 4th of 4 OTs drafted in the 1st Round in 2021.
• Only Virginia Tech player drafted in 1st round in Vikings history.
• Played 3 seasons at Virginia Tech, entering draft after his junior year.
• Majored in business information technology.
• Developing an interest in bowhunting, a hobby he picked up during his college days at Virginia Tech.
• Was part of 6-member ACC 1st-round draft pick group in 2021, tied with the Big Ten for 2nd-most 1st-round selections behind the SEC.
• Is the 2nd offensive lineman drafted in the 1st round by the Vikings in the past 3 seasons, joining Garrett Bradbury in 2019 and gives the Vikings the 4th OL drafted in the Rounds 1 & 2 in the past 4 drafts - Brian O'Neill (2nd, 2018), Bradbury (1st, 2019), Ezra Cleveland (2nd, 2020), Darrisaw (1st, 2021).
• Is the 2nd OT from Virginia Tech drafted in the 1st round, joining Duane Brown in 2008, the 26th pick by Houston.
• The Vikings entered the 2021 Draft with the #14 pick in the 1st Round but traded with the NY Jets to acquire pick #23 to select Darrisaw.
• Darrisaw was the 4th OT drafted in 2021, following Oregon's Penei Sewell (#7, Detroit), Northwestern's Rashawn Slater (#13, LA Chargers) and Alabama's Alex Leatherwood (#17, Las Vegas).
• Virginia Tech had consecutive selections in the 2021 1st Round, CB Caleb Farley went to Tennessee with pick #22 and Darrisaw went 23rd.
• Finished VT career with 35 starts in 35 games played.
• Named 1st-Team All-ACC in 2020.
• Started all 10 games he played in 2020 at LT, completing 3-season streak where he started every game he played.
• Hokies went 5-6 in 2020, winning annual rivalry game over Virginia to cap the season.
• Helped VT to an 8-5 mark and a berth in the Belk Bowl against Kentucky in 2019.
• Started all 13 games on the season at LT in 2019.
• Earned 3 berths on the PFF College ACC Team of the Week during the 2019 season- vs. North Carolina, vs. Wake Forest and at Georgia Tech.
• As a true freshman in 2018, started all 12 games he played, including starting in his opening college game, a win over #19 Florida State in the season opener. By starting the season opener, he was 1 of 9 true freshmen in BCS football to start on the offensive line in the season opener in 2018.
• Helped Hokies to an OT win over Virginia in 2018.
• Helped VT to a berth in the Military Bowl vs. Cincinnati to cap the 2018 season.
• Played in 2017 at Fork Union Military Academy.
• Played in Maryland Crab Bowl All-Star game as a senior at Riverdale Baptist High.
