Player Dossier

2020-2024

Texas State

Derick Mourning Jr.

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derick Mourning Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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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: 2023 Regular Season · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Jackson State

Player Story

Derick Mourning Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona and Texas State. The clearest part of Derick Mourning Jr.'s career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8911

Maury · Norfolk, VA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Derick Mourning Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Texas State. Derick Mourning Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
3
Sacks
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Derick Mourning Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · LB
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Texas State
Top game
Jackson State
Recruit profile
4-star · Maury
High school pipeline
Maury · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
3 tackles · LB 955th (top 78%) · Sun Belt 419th (top 66%) · National 3,850th (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonArizona510-0-1013.7
2021 Regular SeasonArizona00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State61631--037.6
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State33-0--036.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Texas State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Apr 16, 2025

Derick Mourning Jr. played LB for Arizona and Texas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derick Mourning Jr. recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Texas State paired 4 primary output with 17.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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 Arizona, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Southern Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sun 11/17vs Southern MissW 58-311000
Sat 9/28@ Sam HoustonL 39-4011000
Sat 9/7vs UTSAW 49-1011000

Player Story

Derick Mourning Jr. story

Derick Mourning Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona and Texas State. The clearest part of Derick Mourning Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Derick Mourning 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.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonArizona110.31.5
2021 Regular SeasonArizona0-1
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State417.83.24
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State04.20.7-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Jackson State

Week 3 · W 77-34

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington

Week 12 · L 27-44 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 15 · L 7-70 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

11.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Colorado

Week 14 · L 13-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Louisiana

Week 6 · L 30-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Texas State

4 primary output · 17.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

37.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Texas State

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Arizona

13.7

1 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games