Player Dossier

2018-2021

Coastal Carolina

Derick Bush

CB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Tucson, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derick Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Coastal Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Derick Bush built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 1, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Derick Bush's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7798

Salpointe Catholic · Tucson, AZ

Committed To
Coastal Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Derick Bush, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Derick Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
137
TFL
7
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
14

Quick Answers

Derick Bush quick answers

Latest team and position
Coastal Carolina · CB
Career Tackles
137
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
2-star · Salpointe Catholic · Coastal Carolina
High school pipeline
Salpointe Catholic · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
38 tackles · CB 68th (top 18%) · Sun Belt 77th (top 17%) · National 1,016th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina9300.50-2019.5
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina928-0-4023.1
2020 PostseasonCoastal Carolina12310-1052
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina12383.51-5052
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina122-0--025.7
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina12362012025.7

Related Context

Derick Bush played CB for Coastal Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derick Bush recorded 137 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Coastal Carolina paired 13.5 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.2 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: Kansas

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18.2

Usage

3.5

Consistency

11.1

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. Northern Illinois: 0. Kansas: 2. Buffalo: 0. Massachusetts: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Arkansas State: 2. App State: 0. Troy: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Georgia State: 0. Texas State: 1. South Alabama: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 1 by 24.2. Buffalo: 7 by 29.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 24.2. App State: 7 by 29.2. Troy: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 2 by 18.3. Georgia State: 6 by 25. Texas State: 3 by 22.5. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs App State

Result
Fri 12/17vs Northern IllinoisW 47-4122000
Fri 11/26@ South AlabamaW 27-2122000
Sat 11/20vs Texas StateW 35-2132100
Sat 11/13vs Georgia StateL 40-4263000
Sat 11/6@ Georgia SouthernW 28-8210010
Thu 10/28vs TroyW 35-2832000
Wed 10/20@ App StateL 27-3075000
Thu 10/7@ Arkansas StateSplash gameW 52-2010002
Sat 10/2vs UL MonroeW 59-621000
Sat 9/25vs MassachusettsW 53-321000
Sat 9/18@ BuffaloW 28-2574000
Fri 9/10vs KansasSplash gameW 49-2211100

Player Story

Derick Bush story

Derick Bush built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 1, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Derick Bush's career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Derick Bush's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Coastal Carolina

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina2.516.73.8
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina518.53.12.5
2020 PostseasonCoastal Carolina13.525.55.38.5
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina13.525.55.30
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina618.23.5-7.5
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina618.23.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs BYU

Week 14 · W 22-17

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Arkansas State

Week 12 · L 27-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

vs UL Monroe

Week 7 · L 20-45 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#4

@ UL Monroe

Week 13 · L 42-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Kansas

Week 2 · W 49-22

2

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

13.5 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 5.3 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

52

13.5 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

25.7

6 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games