Darrick Forrest: S · Cincinnati · #5.
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Darrick Forrest
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Cincinnati secondary. The first one came in 2019: All-AAC. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Tulsa — Week 16, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
Front Office Sports Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 40 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 106 | 63 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 49 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 200 | 126 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 55-20vs Austin Peay | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-10vs No. 22 Army | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ No. 16 SMU | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-33@ UCF | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 27-24vs No. 20 Tulsa | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 31 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Week 12 · 2020
W 36-33
at UCF
1 interception · 4 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out UCF on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL40 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 35-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
44.4%
295 pass / 370 run
Plays / game
73.9
9 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Cincinnati, 200 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #163 overall by the Washington Football Team.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
Next stop · NFL
Washington Football TeamEntering 6th NFL season
Washington Football TeamEntering 6th NFL season
