Defensive back, Nebraska, 2009–⁠10

DeJon Gomes

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Hayward, CA
Born: Nov 17, 1989

DeJon Gomes played defensive back at Nebraska (2009–⁠10). The Washington Redskins took Gomes in round 5, No. 146 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2009	Nebraska	4
2010	Nebraska	3
Career		7

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF
2010	14	55	44	99	3	1	3	7	2

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Nebraska	7	DB
2010	Nebraska	7	DB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Nebraska 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 11	vs.Idaho	W 38–⁠17	1
Oct 30	vs.Missouri	W 31–⁠17	1
Nov 26	vs.Colorado	W 45–⁠17	1

2009 Nebraska 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Oct 8	atMissouri	W 27–⁠12	1
Oct 31	atBaylor	W 20–⁠10	1
Nov 27	atColorado	W 28–⁠20	1
Dec 5	vs.Texas	L 12–⁠13	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011	Combine or pro day 2011
Height	5′11½″
Weight	208 lb
Arm length	31⅜″
Hand size	9⅝″
Wingspan		75⅞″^W
40-yard dash	4.56 s
10-yard split		1.61 s
Vertical jump	31″
Broad jump	9′2″
Bench press	13 reps
3-cone drill		6.90 s
20-yard shuttle		4.20 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 28 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2011	Washington Redskins	10	29	0
2012	Washington Redskins	11	39	1
2013	Detroit Lions	7	9	0
NFL career		28	77	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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