Defensive back, UCF, 2018–21
Derek Gainous
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Class (2021)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
Derek Gainous played defensive back at UCF (2018–21).
Career highs
9tackles, career highat Houston, 2020Team titles: American champions, 2018
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2021 UCF 2 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Boise State | W 36–31 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 63–14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 UCF 9 games, 46 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Georgia Tech | W 49–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at East Carolina | W 51–28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Tulsa | L 26–34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Memphis | L 49–50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Tulane | W 51–34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | at Houston | W 44–21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Temple | W 38–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Cincinnati | L 33–36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | at South Florida | W 58–46 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 UCF 6 games, 17 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Florida A&M | W 62–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Florida Atlantic | W 48–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Stanford | W 45–27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. UConn | W 56–21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | atCincinnati | L 24–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.East Carolina | W 41–28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 UCF 2 games, 3 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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