Derrick Willies
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Receiver, Texas Tech (from Iowa), 2013–⁠17

Derrick Willies

Lettered 2016–⁠17 (school media guide)

Number
No. 11
Height
6′4″
Weight
210 lb
Hometown
San Bernadino, CA
Born
Oct 17, 1994, in Banning, California

Wikipedia readers: about 126 a month over the past year

Derrick Willies played receiver at Iowa (2013–⁠14) and Texas Tech (2016–⁠17).

Career highs

126receiving yards, career highvs. Eastern Washington, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Iowa47117.8146
2016Texas Tech1828816.0259
2017Texas Tech1830416.9375
Career4066316.6675

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Iowa11WR
2014Iowa11WR
2016Texas Tech11WR
2017Texas Tech11WR6′4″210

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Iowa70.89––6.2–
2016Texas Tech310.3420th (n=489)0.5210.55%
2017Texas Tech250.89––22.35%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Texas Tech 6 games, 18 catches, 304 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Eastern WashingtonW 56–⁠1041261750
Sep 16vs.Arizona StateW 52–⁠45456128–
Sep 23atHoustonW 27–⁠24441013–
Sep 30vs.Oklahoma StateL 34–⁠41330014–
Oct 7atKansasW 65–⁠19132132–
Oct 21vs.Iowa StateL 13–⁠31219013–
2016 Texas Tech 8 games, 18 catches, 288 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Stephen F. AustinW 69–⁠17247033–
Sep 10atArizona StateL 55–⁠68159159–
Sep 17vs.Louisiana TechW 59–⁠45338019–
Sep 29vs.KansasW 55–⁠191616–
Oct 8atKansas StateL 38–⁠44218011–
Nov 5vs.TexasL 37–⁠45363031–
Nov 12atOklahoma StateL 44–⁠45450016–
Nov 19atIowa StateL 10–⁠662704–
2014 Iowa 3 games, 4 catches, 71 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Northern IowaW 31–⁠23146046–
Sep 6vs.Ball StateW 17–⁠13219112–
Sep 27atPurdueW 24–⁠101606–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2022USFLTampa Bay Bandits

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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