Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2016
- Class:
- 2000
Dani Derricott was a three-time All Mid-American Conference first team cornerback from 1998-2000 and is tied with HOF member Larry Coyer and Joe Chirico at No. 2 all-time in interceptions with 13 in their Marshall careers. Named the Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year at Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, Va., Derricott made an immediate impact upon joining the Thundering Herd.
As a freshman, he recorded 19 tackles (15 solos), breaking up four passes and causing and recovering a fumble. As a sophomore, he had six interceptions and scooped and scored from 21 yards out to help beat Toledo in the MAC Championship game. He had 60 tackles as a sophomore, with 46 solos and six passes broken up. In 1999, when Marshall went 13-0 and finished 10th nationally, he was named third-team All-American by Athlon College Football Annual Magazine and followed up with 48 tackles (36 solos), eight passes broken up, four interceptions and a career-best five tackles for loss, despite being hampered with a broken wrist during the early part of the season. As a senior, he was ninth on the team in tackles with 51 (46 solos), had a career-best seven tackles for loss, three interceptions, forced one fumble and broke up a career-best 12 passes. For his career, Derricott played in 47 games, starting 35, and finished with 167 tackles (132 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 28 passes broken up, 13 interceptions, five forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered.
Derricott helped his teams win the MAC all four years, won three Motor City Bowls and 81 percent of their games. After Marshall, he played for the Montreal Alouettes in 2002 and was a member of the Calgary Stampeders in 2004, all in the Canadian Football League. He was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.
