Senior defensive back on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Miami, FL
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.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1123 nationally · Signed with Louisville
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
Derrick Edwards
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Biff Poggi and Tim Albin. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Tulane, Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Biff Poggi → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #500 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #28 of 28 American Athletic DBs
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte | 19 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 42–35
vs Monmouth
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.
With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs Monmouth | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ Tulane | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Charlotte
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Charlotte
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre Shaw’s 2022 season.
Matches Tre on
Differs from Tre on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ethan Johnson's junior season at App State (2024).
Matches Ethan on
Player DNA