Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Louisville
Derek Dorsey
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derek Dorsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Derek Dorsey built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Louisville, KY wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Derek Dorsey's career was his defensive...
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- Jan 1, 2023
Derek Dorsey, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville. Derek Dorsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 40
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Derek Dorsey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 40
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Overton
- High school pipeline
- Overton · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DL 539th (top 58%) · ACC 308th (top 48%) · National 2,792nd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 13.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Louisville | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 19.4 |
Related Context
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Derek Dorsey played DL for Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek Dorsey recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Louisville paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/19 | vs Clemson | L 10-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Derek Dorsey story
Derek Dorsey built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Louisville, KY wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Derek Dorsey's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Derek Dorsey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 8.7 | 2.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Louisville | 2 | 8.2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kentucky
Week 13 · L 10-56
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Wake Forest
Week 5 · L 34-37 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida State
Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Wake Forest
Week 9 · L 32-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana State
Week 2 · W 31-7
1
Havoc Plays
53 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
43.3
#2
2018 Regular Season · Louisville
40.9
5 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Louisville
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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