Defensive back, Baylor (from Temple), 2014–18
Derrek Thomas
Lettered 2018 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 193 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Albany, NY
Derrek Thomas played defensive back at Temple (2014–17) and Baylor (2018).
Team titles: American champions, 2016
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Temple | 23 | DB | RS | ||
| 2015 | Temple | 23 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Temple | 23 | DB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Temple | 23 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Baylor | 23 | DB | Sr. | 6′3″ | 193 |
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
2018 Baylor 11 games, 19 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 55–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at UTSA | W 37–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Duke | L 27–40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Kansas | W 26–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at Oklahoma | L 33–66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Texas | L 17–23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at West Virginia | L 14–58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 35–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Iowa State | L 14–28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. TCU | L 9–16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Vanderbilt | W 45–38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2017 Temple 5 games, 6 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | vs. Massachusetts | W 29–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at South Florida | L 7–43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Houston | L 13–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at Cincinnati | W 35–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Tulsa | W 43–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2016 Temple 10 games, 29 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. Stony Brook | W 38–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Penn State | L 27–34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Charlotte | W 48–20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 1 | vs. SMU | W 45–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Memphis | L 27–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at UCF | W 26–25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Cincinnati | W 34–13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 4 | at UConn | W 21–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. East Carolina | W 37–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Wake Forest | L 26–34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅞″ | |
| Weight | 189 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¾″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.44 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.48 s | |
| Vertical jump | 39½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′11″ | |
| Bench press | 8 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.18 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.18 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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