Derrieon Craig is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Massachusetts.
Craig wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches in three seasons at Massachusetts. On tape: 12 tackles against Buffalo, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 78 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 43 | 25 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 24 | 11 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Career | 145 | 63 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42vs Temple | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-27vs Bryant | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-47@ Iowa | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ No. 20 Missouri | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-21vs Western Michigan | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-42@ Kent State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Buffalo | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 3-45vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ Ohio | 11 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-45vs Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 78 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
1%1 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
1%1 hurry78 tackles · 1 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 8.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
54.2%
415 pass / 351 run
Plays / game
63.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
461 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
78 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #265 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #24 of 43 Mid-American DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,731 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a senior.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Don Brown → Joe Harasymiak. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
