Player Dossier

2020-2024

Florida

Derek Wingo

LB • 6'1" • 233 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derek Wingo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Derek Wingo built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Derek Wingo's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9704

St. Thomas Aquinas · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Derek Wingo, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida. Derek Wingo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
7.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Derek Wingo quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · LB
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Florida
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
4-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · Florida
High school pipeline
St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
13 tackles · LB 681st (top 56%) · SEC 330th (top 45%) · National 2,573rd (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida220.50--018.8
2021 PostseasonFlorida56-0--014.5
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida590.50-1014.5
2022 PostseasonFlorida7111--047.4
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida716112-047.4
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida9183.52.521058
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida10131111021.3

Related Context

Derek Wingo played LB for Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek Wingo recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Florida paired 9 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

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

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2024 Regular Season · Florida

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

9.4

Usage

2.6

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Mississippi State: 0. UCF: 0. Kentucky: 0. Georgia: 2. Texas: 0. LSU: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Florida State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 1 by 14.2. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 2 by 28.3. Texas: 1 by 4.2. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 0 by 10. Florida State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Georgia

Result
Sun 12/1@ Florida StateW 31-1121000
Sat 11/23vs Ole MissW 24-1700001
Sat 11/16vs LSUW 27-1611000
Sat 11/9@ TexasL 17-4910000
Sat 11/2@ GeorgiaSplash gameL 20-3421110
Sat 10/19vs KentuckyW 48-2010000
Sat 10/5vs UCFW 24-1311000
Sat 9/21@ Mississippi StateW 45-2820000
Sat 9/14vs Texas A&ML 20-3321000
Sat 8/31vs MiamiL 17-4110000

Player Story

Derek Wingo story

Derek Wingo built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Derek Wingo's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Derek Wingo's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida0.56.71.6
2021 PostseasonFlorida1.515.52.31
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida1.515.52.30
2022 PostseasonFlorida618.710.84.5
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida618.710.80
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida918.36.23
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida49.42.6-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida State

Week 13 · L 15-24

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.

#2

vs South Carolina

Week 11 · W 38-6 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Missouri

Week 12 · L 31-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Georgia

Week 10 · L 20-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Vanderbilt

Week 6 · W 38-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Florida

9 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage

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#2

2022 Postseason · Florida

47.4

6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 10.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Florida

47.4

6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 10.8 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games