De'Rickey Wright: S · Vanderbilt · #19.
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De'Rickey Wright
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Vanderbilt: Derek Mason and Clark Lea. On tape: 7 tackles against Texas, Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
On3 Oct 25
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 47 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 46 | 32 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 55 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 24 | 13 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 178 | 116 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-36@ Georgia State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30@ No. 7 Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-35vs No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-14vs Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs No. 5 Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 17-7@ Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-28vs South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24@ LSU | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-36vs No. 7 Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-27vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 7 · 2024
W 20-13
at Kentucky
1 interception · 3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL47 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
39.8%
304 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
58.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #298 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Vanderbilt, 178 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
