Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Georgia State
Derrick Maxey III
S • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derrick Maxey III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Coastal Carolina • Georgia State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Derrick Maxey III built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. The clearest part of Derrick Maxey III's career...
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- Committed To
- Coastal Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Derrick Maxey III, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State. Derrick Maxey III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Derrick Maxey III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia State · S
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hapeville Charter · Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Hapeville Charter · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · S 273rd (top 49%) · Sun Belt 246th (top 39%) · National 2,258th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia State | 7 | 17 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 35.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina to Georgia State | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 73.1 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Derrick Maxey III played S for Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derrick Maxey III recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Georgia State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 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 Coastal Carolina, Georgia State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
1.6
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. Murray State: 1. South Alabama: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Marshall: 0. Troy: 1. Old Dominion: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 7 by 29.2. Murray State: 1 by 14.2. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 2 by 18.3. Old Dominion: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Old Dominion
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Old Dominion
Player Story
Derrick Maxey III story
Derrick Maxey III built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. The clearest part of Derrick Maxey III's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles and 4 passes defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Derrick Maxey III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Coastal Carolina
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Georgia State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia State | 4 | 15.8 | 1.6 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 49 Old Dominion
Week 14 · L 10-27 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 87 Troy
Week 13 · L 19-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
26.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Murray State
Week 3 · W 37-21
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 1 · L 7-63 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
22.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.
#5
@ James Madison
Week 11 · L 7-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Georgia State
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
40.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
35.8
4 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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