Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018New Mexico State
Derek Ibekwe
LB • 6'0" • 234 lbs • Rosenberg, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derek Ibekwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
2★
- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Derek Ibekwe, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Derek Ibekwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Derek Ibekwe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Idaho
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lamar Consolidated · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Rocky River · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · LB 705th (top 60%) · FBS Independents 120th (top 47%) · National 2,628th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.2 |
Related Context
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Derek Ibekwe played LB for New Mexico State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek Ibekwe recorded 1 rushing yards and 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
7.8
Usage
1.1
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Utah State: 0.5. New Mexico: 0. UTEP: 0. Louisiana: 0. Alcorn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 1 by 9.2. New Mexico: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Alcorn State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Alcorn State
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 13.5 | 3.7 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0.5 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Idaho
Week 7 · L 23-55 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah State
Week 2 · L 13-60
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas A&M
Week 9 · L 10-52
0
Havoc Plays
9.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 5 · W 37-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Alcorn State
Week 10 · W 52-42
0
Havoc Plays
8.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · New Mexico State
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
37.5
1 primary · 13.5 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
18.2
0.5 primary · 7.8 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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