Derrick Edwards is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Charlotte.
Edwards erases the deep middle of the field. The three seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Biff Poggi and Tim Albin. On tape: 5 tackles against Tulane, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte | 19 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 25 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs Monmouth | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ No. 22 Tulane | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL19 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Pass share
51.4%
379 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #500 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #28 of 28 American Athletic DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Satterfield, Jeff Brohm, Biff Poggi and Tim Albin.
