Senior linebacker for Utah State. 2017: 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 240 lb · Logan, UT
The story
4 linebacker for Utah State. 2017: 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDerek Larsen
He has spent three seasons in the Utah State linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Air Force, Week 13, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah State, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Wells.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Matt Wells — 15-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Utah State | 22 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Utah State | 43 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Utah State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 65 | 29 | 6.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 10-46@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 61-10@ San José State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-24vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-27vs Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-28vs Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-28@ UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10@ New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0vs Hawai'i | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38@ Air Force | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.