Derrick Bush

Senior cornerback for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

CB · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 190 lb · Tucson, AZ

CFB Index 57 · #129 of 321 cornersLow confidenceCoastal Carolina 2021 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Coastal Carolina, 137 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Joe Moglia

Coastal Carolina

2019–2021

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Joe Moglia → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Joe Moglia · Run-heavy

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #129 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#873 / 2743 · 67th pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Tackles#1004 / 2743 · 63rd pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #129 of 321 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	38	24	2.0	0.0	2	1	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	41	26	4.5	1.0	6	2	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	28	16	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
2018	Coastal Carolina	30	18	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
Career		137	84	7.0	1.0	14	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 49-22vs Kansas	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-25@ Buffalo	7	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 53-3vs Massachusetts	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 59-6vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-20@ Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 27-30@ App State	7	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Troy	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-8@ Georgia Southern	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 40-42vs Georgia State	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-21vs Texas State	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-21@ South Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		36	22	2.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Derrick Bush

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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