Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Colorado
Derek McCartney
OLB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Westminster, CO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derek McCartney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Colorado
Player Story
Derek McCartney built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Westminster, CO wearing No. 95, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Derek McCartney's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Derek McCartney, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Colorado. Derek McCartney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 55
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Derek McCartney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 55
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- Northern Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Faith Christian Academy · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Faith Christian Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · OLB 12th (top 24%) · Pac-12 58th (top 11%) · National 626th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Colorado | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 12 | 53 | 5.5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 67.6 |
Related Context
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Derek McCartney played OLB for Colorado. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek McCartney recorded 55 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Colorado paired 18.5 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Colorado
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
33.1
Usage
9.5
Consistency
58.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Colorado
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. Texas State: 2. Northern Colorado: 4. Washington: 1. UCLA: 0. Arizona: 0. Oregon State: 2. Washington State: 2. California: 3. Arizona State: 2. USC: 0. Utah: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 4 by 16.7. Texas State: 1 by 24.2. Northern Colorado: 4 by 56.7. Washington: 1 by 14.2. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 10 by 61.7. Washington State: 2 by 28.3. California: 1 by 34.2. Arizona State: 14 by 70. USC: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 9 by 62.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.2 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Colorado
Best efficiency game
70 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | @ UtahSplash game | L 13-34 | 9 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs USC | L 24-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ Arizona State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 30-41 | 14 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | W 44-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 0-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 36-33 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Arizona | L 42-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | @ UCLA | L 23-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs Washington | L 10-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Northern ColoradoSplash game | W 41-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 37-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Colorado State | W 17-3 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Derek McCartney story
Derek McCartney built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Westminster, CO wearing No. 95, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Derek McCartney's career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Derek McCartney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Colorado
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Colorado | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado | 1 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 18.5 | 33.1 | 9.5 | 17.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Colorado
Week 3 · W 41-21
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah
Week 13 · L 13-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#3
@ Oregon State
Week 7 · W 36-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 10 · L 30-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Hawai'i
Week 1 · L 20-28
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Colorado
18.5 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 9.5 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Colorado
41.8
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Colorado
23.3
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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