Former San Jose State football player missing for more than a week; last seen in Daly City

Hadari Darden, 28, was last seen at the Skyline Shopping Center in Daly City.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 5:05AM
Former San Jose State football player missing for more than a week

DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- A search is underway for a former San Jose State football player who has been missing for more than week.

Hadari Darden, 28, was last seen on April 5 at the Skyline Shopping Center in Daly City.

He was questioned by police for walking around the parking lot around 1 a.m., but was never detained and was not acting strange, according to police.

Darden is a resident of Berkeley. Before reportedly heading to Daly City, he was last seen in Berkeley around Curtis and Gilman streets.

He has not shown up for his job as a Kaiser radiologist.

Family members say he exhibited strange behavior in the weeks before he disappeared.

Darden is described as 6 feet 3 inches tall, approximately 190 pounds, with black hair worn in dreads, a beard and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded top, green pants and black athletic shoes and was carrying a green backpack.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Berkeley Police Department at (510) 981-5900.

Bay City News contributed to this report

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