Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2022NC State
Derrek Pitts Jr.
CB • 6'1" • 193 lbs • Dunbar, WV, USA
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Derrek Pitts Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
94
Top-tier box-score impact for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Marshall • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Derrek Pitts Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a cornerback from Dunbar, WV wearing No. 24, spending time with Marshall, NC State, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Derrek Pitts Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Derrek Pitts Jr., CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State. Derrek Pitts Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 171
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Derrek Pitts Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 171
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · NC State
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · James Clemens · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- James Clemens · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · CB 20th (top 6%) · ACC 72nd (top 12%) · National 666th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | West Virginia | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | West Virginia | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 52.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 9 | 42 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 12 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 55.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 10 | 46 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 29.9 |
Related Context
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Derrek Pitts Jr. played CB for West Virginia, Marshall, and NC State. Across 7 tracked seasons, Derrek Pitts Jr. recorded 171 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
NC State paired 11.5 primary output with 24.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Marshall, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · West Virginia
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
25.8
Usage
6.1
Consistency
32.4
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 1. Tennessee: 0. Youngstown State: 4. Kansas State: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Kansas: 5. Iowa State: 1. TCU: 0. Oklahoma: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Youngstown State: 3 by 52.5. Kansas State: 1 by 14.2. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 8 by 83.3. Iowa State: 8 by 43.3. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 6 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/28 | @ Syracuse | L 18-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Oklahoma | L 56-59 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs TCU | W 47-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Iowa State | L 14-30 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs KansasSplash game | W 38-22 | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Texas Tech | W 42-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Kansas State | W 35-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Youngstown StateSplash game | W 52-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Tennessee | W 40-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Derrek Pitts Jr. story
Derrek Pitts Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a cornerback from Dunbar, WV wearing No. 24, spending time with Marshall, NC State, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Derrek Pitts Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 171 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Derrek Pitts Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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West Virginia
2016-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Marshall
2019-2020
Peak year stop
- 3
NC State
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | West Virginia | 12 | 25.8 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 2018 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 25.8 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 0.5 | 10.9 | 2.9 | -11.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 4.5 | 24.4 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 11.5 | 24.5 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 6 | 25.2 | 3.7 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas
Week 6 · W 38-22 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 10 · W 30-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Youngstown State
Week 2 · W 52-17
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
vs App State
Week 3 · W 17-7
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · NC State
11.5 primary output · 24.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · West Virginia
52.2
12 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · West Virginia
52.2
12 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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