Tight end, Kansas, 2002–07
Derek Fine
- Hometown
- Sallisaw, OK
- Born
- Aug 24, 1983
Derek Fine played tight end at Kansas (2002–07). The Buffalo Bills took Fine in round 4, No. 132 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, career highvs. Florida International, 200784receiving yards, career highat Nebraska, 20062receiving touchdowns, career highat Iowa State, 2006Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| On file | 11 | 10 | 21 | |
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.
Game by game
2007 Kansas 13 games, 46 catches, 394 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Central Michigan | W 52–7 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 8 | vs. SE Louisiana | W 62–0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 32 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Toledo | W 45–13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Florida International | W 55–3 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 19 |
| Oct 6 | at Kansas State | W 30–24 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 17 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Baylor | W 58–10 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 20 | at Colorado | W 19–14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 |
| Oct 27 | at Texas A&M | W 19–11 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Nebraska | W 76–39 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 10 | at Oklahoma State | W 43–28 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Iowa State | W 45–7 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Missouri | L 28–36 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. Virginia Tech | W 24–21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
2006 Kansas 10 games, 28 catches, 355 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Northwestern State | W 49–18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sep 15 | atToledo | L 31–37 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 23 | vs. South Florida | W 13–7 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 11 |
| Sep 30 | atNebraska | L 32–39 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 40 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Texas A&M | L 18–21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 32–42 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 24 |
| Oct 21 | atBaylor | L 35–36 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Colorado | W 20–15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 4 | atIowa State | W 41–10 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 29 |
| Nov 25 | atMissouri | L 17–42 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 31 |
2005 Kansas 11 games, 22 catches, 244 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 30–19 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 20 |
| Sep 10 | vs. App State | W 36–8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 34–14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 1 | at Texas Tech | L 17–30 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 8 | atKansas State | L 3–12 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Oklahoma | L 3–19 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
| Oct 22 | atColorado | L 13–44 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Missouri | W 13–3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 12 | at Texas | L 14–66 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Iowa State | W 24–21 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 25 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Houston | W 42–13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 20 |
2004 Kansas 1 game, 2 catches, 16 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | vs.Colorado | L 21–30 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ |
| Weight | 251 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.85 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 sW |
| Vertical jump | 29″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 24 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.80 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Buffalo Bills | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
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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