Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-31vs Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-14vs Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#21
Derek Gainous
Senior defensive back on UCF's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL
UCF 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1291 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on UCF's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2018.
Derek Gainous
Four seasons at UCF, two different head coaches: Josh Heupel and Gus Malzahn. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Bethune-Cookman, Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 70 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2018
- Signed with UCF3-star out of Miami Senior
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UCF
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coaches2018–2020
UCF
Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2019UCF10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo
2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology