Darren McKillion

Darren McKillion was born in Magherafelt on the 17th of November, 1987 and is a sportsman in two codes, Gaelic football and soccer. He grew up in Draperstown and is currently a student at Queen's University, Belfast and is a housemate of two Gaelic Football county stars, Antrim's Justin Crozier and clubmate Dermot McBride.

Gaelic
He plays gaelic football for Ballinascreen GAC and has done since U-10 level, making his way up through the respective age groups and made his senior debut at 18. He was centre-half back for their minor team in 2005 that won the Derry Minor Football Championship. He also played for St Marys Magherafelt school team, and won Ulster medals in the Rannafast, McCormick and D'Alton Cups. He is predominately a half back, though has been used Ballinascreen forward line. Darren has been tipped to replace Paddy Crozier as the manager of Derry, a job he refused in 1992.

Soccer
He plays soccer for Draperstown Celtic having made his debut at 15 after playing for the underage teams. He was made club captain at the start of the 2007/08 season and led them to their first ever O'Neills Northern Ireland Intermediate League title. Following the 2007/2008 season he was named Draperstown Celtic's Managers Player Of The Year.

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