Player Dossier

2018-2022

Houston

Derek Parish

DL • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Pearland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derek Parish shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

14.9

Efficiency

41.1

Consistency

25.6

Season Value

35.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Derek Parish, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Houston. Derek Parish shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Derek Parish played DL for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek Parish recorded 156 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Houston paired 22 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Houston

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

3.4

Efficiency

41.1

Usage

14.9

Consistency

25.6

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 2. Texas Tech: 10. Kansas: 1.5. Rice: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 3 by 32.5. Texas Tech: 10 by 91.7. Kansas: 4 by 31.7. Rice: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 2 · -4.8 vs Losses
Losses5.8 · Games = 2 · +4.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 9/24vs RiceW 34-2721000
Sat 9/17vs KansasL 30-48431.5000
Sat 9/10@ Texas Tech10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 30-33108640
Sat 9/3@ UTSASplash gameW 37-35310.500.500

Career Arc

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    Houston

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonHouston5.520.44.3
2018 Regular SeasonHouston5.520.44.30
2019 Regular SeasonHouston12.527.910.87
2020 PostseasonHouston1338.2100.5
2020 Regular SeasonHouston1338.2100
2021 PostseasonHouston2234.210.79
2021 Regular SeasonHouston2234.210.70
2022 Regular SeasonHouston13.541.114.9-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas Tech

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

10

Primary metric

10 disruption/tackle impact with 74.6 takeover score.

#2

South Florida

5.5

Primary metric

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.

#3

North Texas

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

#4

Memphis

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 61.6 takeover score.

#5

Navy

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Houston

22 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 10.7 usage

51.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Houston

51.9

22 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.7 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Houston

41.5

13 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

19

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

156

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 40 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.