Player Dossier

2023-2025

Mississippi State

Derion Gullette

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Marlin, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derion Gullette shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Texas • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Player Story

Derion Gullette built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Marlin, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas. The clearest part of Derion Gullette's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9448

Teague · Teague, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Derion Gullette, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State. Derion Gullette shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
40
TFL
1.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Derion Gullette quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · LB
Career Tackles
40
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Top game
Texas
Recruit profile
4-star · Teague · Texas
High school pipeline
Teague · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
38 tackles · LB 388th (top 31%) · SEC 124th (top 17%) · National 987th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTexas00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonTexas22-0--037
2025 PostseasonMississippi State82-0--045.9
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State8361.51.521045.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Texas to Mississippi StateP4 to P481.2Dec 19, 2024

Derion Gullette played LB for Texas and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derion Gullette recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Mississippi State paired 6 primary output with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Texas, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

27.3

Usage

5.3

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Arizona State: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Texas: 4. Arkansas: 1. Georgia: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 7 by 29.2. Alcorn State: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 6 by 65. Arkansas: 6 by 35. Georgia: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

65 vs Texas

Result
Sat 1/3vs Wake ForestL 29-4322000
Sat 11/8vs GeorgiaL 21-4142000
Sat 11/1@ ArkansasW 38-3562000
Sat 10/25vs TexasSplash gameL 38-45631.501.501
Sat 10/4@ Texas A&ML 9-3142000
Sat 9/13vs Alcorn StateW 63-053000
Sat 9/6vs Arizona StateW 24-2071000
Sat 8/30@ Southern MissW 34-1741000

Player Story

Derion Gullette story

Derion Gullette built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Marlin, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas. The clearest part of Derion Gullette's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Derion Gullette'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

    Texas

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTexas0
2024 Regular SeasonTexas04.20.80
2025 PostseasonMississippi State627.35.36
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State627.35.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 17 Texas

Week 9 · L 38-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 6 Georgia

Week 11 · L 21-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

1

Havoc Plays

47 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 53 Arkansas

Week 10 · W 38-35 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

38.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 60 Arizona State

Week 2 · W 24-20

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Havoc Plays

19.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Alcorn State

Week 3 · W 63-0

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Havoc Plays

17.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

6 primary output · 27.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

45.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

45.9

6 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Texas

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games