Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-20@ James Madison | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#1
Derrell Farrar
Junior linebacker for Liberty. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Loganville, GA · Grayson HS
CFB Index 51 · #287 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Liberty for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
12
tackles · 2026
1.5 TFL · 1 PBU
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL, at James Madison
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Liberty. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2022.
- Transferred from App State to Liberty in 2025.
Derrell Farrar
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Shawn Clark and Jamey Chadwell. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against James Madison — Week 1, 2026.
12 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2022
- Signed with App State3-star out of Grayson
202511 games
- Entered the portal
- All-Conference USAhonorable_mention
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Liberty
Played his entire career under Jamey Chadwell.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2026Liberty1-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
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: 6.0 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #24 of 45 Conference USA LBs
How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Gardner-Webb
5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With S. Crossan — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · M. Jackson — 2 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Liberty
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Liberty
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +6 net (26 in / 20 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #109
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kip Lewis’s 2024 season.
Matches Kip on
Solo tackle rate
Tackle volume
Class year
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sherrod Greene's junior season at South Carolina (2022).
86%match
Matches Sherrod on
Weight
Tackle volume
Solo tackle rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Derrell Farrar
Background
2026 (R-Jr.): Phil Steele CUSA Preseason All-Conference second team Athlon Sports CUSA Preseason All-Conference second team Pro Football Network CUSA Preseason All-Conference Third Team 2025 (R-So.): 2025 CUSA All-Conference honorable mention Started nine of the 11 games he played in Missed the M...
The linebacker corps · Liberty
- #1Derrell Farrar71 tackles · 2025
- #4Micah Pollard28 tackles · 2025
- #33Aidan Vaughan27 tackles · 2025
- #9Deuce Spurlock14 tackles · 2025
- #6Dillano Glaud9 tackles · 2025
5 more on the roster · Liberty team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology