Player Dossier

2019-2024

Indiana

Derin McCulley

WR • 6'1" • 174 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Derin McCulley reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ball State • Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7994

Lawrence North · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Derin McCulley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State. Derin McCulley reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Quick Answers

Derin McCulley quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · WR
Career Receiving Yards
0
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 3 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Penn State
Recruit profile
3-star · Lawrence North · Ball State
High school pipeline
Lawrence North · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2020 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2021 Regular SeasonBall State1-00100
2022 Regular SeasonBall State2-00100
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana0-00-

Related Context

Derin McCulley played WR for Ball State and Indiana. Across 6 tracked seasons, Derin McCulley recorded 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Ball State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ball State, Indiana.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2022 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Northern Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

— vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 10/1vs Northern IllinoisW 44-38
Thu 9/1@ TennesseeL 10-59

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ball State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonBall State0
2020 Regular SeasonBall State00
2021 Regular SeasonBall State00
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana00
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 13-44

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

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0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 5 · W 44-38 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

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Win with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

#3

@ Tennessee

Week 1 · L 10-59

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Receiving Yards

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Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · Ball State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games