Derek McCartney

OLB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Westminster, CO, USA

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Derek McCartney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.

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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Colorado

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Career Teams: 1
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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Class 2012 · Rating 0.7511

Faith Christian Academy · Arvada, CO

Committed To: Colorado
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2012

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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%)

Derek McCartney played OLB for Colorado. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derek McCartney recorded 55 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Colorado.

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