Safety, Tulane (from Colorado), 2017–⁠21

Derrion Rakestraw

Number
No. 13
Height
6′2″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2021)
Senior
Hometown
Woodstock, GA

Derrion Rakestraw played safety at Colorado (2017–⁠20) and Tulane (2021).

Career highs

9tackles, career hightwice; last at Arizona State, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2017Colorado6500000
2018Colorado241810020
2019Colorado433630340
2020Colorado36251.50012
2021Tulane322420100
Career1411087.50472

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Colorado13SYr 1
2018Colorado13SYr 2
2019Colorado13SYr 3
2020Colorado13SYr 4
2021Tulane13SSr. (Yr 5)6′2″200

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 Tulane 11 games, 32 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4atOklahomaL 35–⁠40110000
Sep 11vs.Morgan StateW 69–⁠20221010
Sep 18atOle MissL 21–⁠61430000
Sep 25vs.UABL 21–⁠28320000
Oct 2atEast CarolinaL 29–⁠52100000
Oct 7vs.HoustonL 22–⁠40520000
Oct 21atSMUL 26–⁠55650000
Nov 6atUCFL 10–⁠14541000
Nov 13vs.TulsaL 13–⁠20110000
Nov 20vs.South FloridaW 45–⁠14220000
Nov 27atMemphisL 28–⁠33220000
2020 Colorado 6 games, 36 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7vs.UCLAW 48–⁠42630001
Nov 14atStanfordW 35–⁠32220000
Nov 28vs.San Diego StateW 20–⁠10760.5000
Dec 5atArizonaW 24–⁠13760000
Dec 12vs.UtahL 21–⁠38761000
Dec 29 ✦vs.TexasL 23–⁠55720000
2019 Colorado 11 games, 43 tackles, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.Colorado StateW 52–⁠31110000
Sep 14vs.Air ForceL 23–⁠30220000
Sep 21atArizona StateW 34–⁠31971010
Oct 5vs.ArizonaL 30–⁠35551000
Oct 11atOregonL 3–⁠45330001
Oct 19atWashington StateL 10–⁠41300013
Oct 25vs.USCL 31–⁠35440000
Nov 2atUCLAL 14–⁠31440000
Nov 9vs.StanfordW 16–⁠13440010
Nov 23vs.WashingtonW 20–⁠14531000
Nov 30atUtahL 15–⁠45330000
2018 Colorado 8 games, 24 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Colorado StateW 45–⁠13111001
Oct 13atUSCL 20–⁠31100000
Oct 20atWashingtonL 13–⁠27110000
Oct 27vs.Oregon StateL 34–⁠41420000
Nov 2atArizonaL 34–⁠42980000
Nov 10vs.Washington StateL 7–⁠31210001
Nov 17vs.UtahL 7–⁠30440000
Nov 24atCaliforniaL 21–⁠33210000
2017 Colorado 5 games, 6 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 9vs.Texas StateW 37–⁠3110000
Sep 30atUCLAL 23–⁠27110000
Oct 7vs.ArizonaL 42–⁠45110000
Oct 14atOregon StateW 36–⁠33210000
Oct 28vs.CaliforniaW 44–⁠28110000

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

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