Usage / Role
24%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Tulane
Derrion Rakestraw
S • 6'2" • 200 lbs • Woodstock, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derrion Rakestraw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado • Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Derrion Rakestraw built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Woodstock, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Colorado and Tulane. The clearest part of Derrion Rakestraw's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Derrion Rakestraw, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Colorado. Derrion Rakestraw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Derrion Rakestraw quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · S
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sequoyah · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Sequoyah · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · S 188th (top 37%) · American Athletic 113th (top 23%) · National 1,293rd (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 43 | 3 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 6 | 29 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.9 |
Related Context
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Derrion Rakestraw played S for Colorado and Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derrion Rakestraw recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Colorado paired 10 primary output with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, Tulane.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Morgan State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.8
Usage
2.9
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Morgan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 0. Morgan State: 2. Ole Miss: 0. UAB: 0. East Carolina: 0. Houston: 0. SMU: 0. UCF: 1. Tulsa: 0. South Florida: 0. Memphis: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Morgan State: 2 by 28.3. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7. UAB: 3 by 12.5. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 6 by 25. UCF: 5 by 30.8. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 9 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Morgan State
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/28 | @ Memphis | L 28-33 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs South Florida | W 45-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Tulsa | L 13-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ UCF | L 10-14 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/21 | @ SMU | L 26-55 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/7 | vs Houston | L 22-40 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ East Carolina | L 29-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs UAB | L 21-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | @ Ole Miss | L 21-61 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Morgan StateSplash game | W 69-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Oklahoma | L 35-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Derrion Rakestraw story
Derrion Rakestraw built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Woodstock, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Colorado and Tulane. The clearest part of Derrion Rakestraw's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Derrion Rakestraw's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Colorado
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Tulane
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 3 | 16.3 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 10 | 25.4 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 4.5 | 32.5 | 7.1 | -5.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 4.5 | 32.5 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 3 | 14.8 | 2.9 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCLA
Week 10 · W 48-42 · Conference game
Win 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
@ Washington State
Week 8 · L 10-41 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#3
vs San Diego State
Week 13 · W 20-10
1.5
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · W 34-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Morgan State
Week 2 · W 69-20
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Colorado
10 primary output · 25.4 efficiency · 8.5 usage
61.9
#2
2020 Postseason · Colorado
43.8
4.5 primary · 32.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Colorado
43.8
4.5 primary · 32.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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