Last confirmed: Wisconsin, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 181 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Boyd Anderson
Derrick Tindal: CB · Wisconsin · #25.
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Derrick Tindal
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Second year in the Wisconsin secondary. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Maryland — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 9 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs Utah State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-6@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-24vs Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-9vs Purdue | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Maryland | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 24-10@ Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-17@ Indiana | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-14vs No. 25 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-10vs No. 19 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-0@ Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-27vs No. 8 Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 34-24@ No. 11 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 25 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
36%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
25tackles this season25 tackles · 1 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 24-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
35.8%
324 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
64.7
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wisconsin, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
