Daren Kirksey

Daren Kirksey is a contestant from ​Surviving Reelfoot Lake.

Daren was originally just planning on taking Evan to compete but when the opportunity came up with a shortage of players he was put into the game. He was a part of the first tested alliance, and a part of the first familial Surviving Reelfoot relationship. He ended up making it to the final 5 with both his son and his tribal alliance but ultimately the fear of the power of his father-son relationship took hold and he was voted out after giving away individual immunity to protect Evan.

Profile
Age: 49 Hometown: Springfield, Missouri Occupation: Coach

Survivor
Daren was drafted 5th overall in the third round to Kalopin. Early on it seemed like there may be an old versus young people divide on the Kalopin tribe but Travis decided to target Daren instead due to his son being on the other tribe. Jaylen and Desiray decided to side with Daren to blindside Travis and solidifying the loyalty between them after both Travis and Rebecca voted for Daren.

At the merge Daren reunited with Evan and much of Evan's loyalty went to the former Kalopin alliance. Daren won the first individual immunity of the series at the merge vote and was immune for the split vote between Ke Andre and Corey.

After successfully picking off 3 former Copiah's, Jaylen was ready to turn on Daren and Evan due to their tight bond heading into the final 4. Daren won individual immunity again at final 5 leaving his son Evan as the target. In a bold statement, Daren decided to forfeit his individual immunity to Evan at tribal council, thereby saving Evan and falling on the sword himself and was voted out in a 3 to 2 vote with only Evan voting to keep him.

At final tribal council, Daren decided to vote for Jared even though he was in an alliance with Desiray, and did not vote with his other alliance members in Jaylen and Evan.

Trivia

 * Daren and Evan are the first people in Surviving Reelfoot history to be blood related.
 * Daren is the first person in Surviving Reelfoot history to give individual immunity to someone else.
 * Daren is the first person in Surviving Reelfoot history to win multiple individual immunity challenges.
 * Daren is the first person in Surviving Reelfoot history to win an individual immunity challenge.