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Pitts, Derrek
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Jersey Number 1
Derrek Pitts
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 187
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Dunbar, W.Va.
Bio
JUNIOR SEASON (2019): Transfer from West Virginia who gained immediate eligibility … Saw action in three games … Made four total tackles, including one for a loss … Did not use a year of eligibility because he did not play more than four games … Has two years of eligibility remaining entering the 2020 season.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018 at WVU): Has played in 19 career games and started two … Saw action in 12 games and started in two in 2018 … Tied for No. 3 on the WVU defense in pass breakups (4) … Finished with two solo tackles and an interception against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl … Tallied one solo stop against Oklahoma … Returned to action vs. TCU, and tallied his first career forced fumble … Missed the Baylor and Texas games due to injury … Started his first career game at Iowa State … Returned a blocked field goal 72 yards for a touchdown, set a career high in assisted stops (4) and matched his career high mark in total tackles (8) against the Cyclones … WVU Defensive Champion: Kansas … Set career highs in solo tackles (8), total tackles (8), tackles for loss (3) and sacks (1) against Kansas … Tallied two total tackles, including one solo stop, against Texas Tech … Registered one assisted stop and a pass breakup against Kansas State … Recorded a career-high three pass breakups against Youngstown State … Moved from safety to cornerback in the spring
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017 at WVU): Played in 10 games, adding depth at bandit safety … Finished with nine tackles, including seven unassisted tackles … Had season-high four tackles at Kansas … Credited with two tackles, including a solo stop against Delaware State … Assisted on first career tackle against East Carolina … Enrolled at WVU in January.
HERD FILE: Played for Coach Donnie Mays at South Charleston High … Won the Carl Lee Award, signifying the top defensive back in West Virginia … Earned All-West Virginia All-State First Team honors … Named Charleston Gazette-Mail Kanawha Valley Player of the Year … Had 348 career tackles, including 13 sacks and 35 tackles for loss … In 2016, he finished with 90 tackles, including 56 solo stops and nine tackles for loss … Finished with three fumble recoveries and two interceptions, returning two of them for touchdowns … Had five solo tackles, two assisted tackles, season-high four tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and had two pass breakups against Huntington in the first round of the state playoffs … Compiled 1,169 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns (four on receptions, two each of kickoffs and fumble returns and one each on a punt return and a rushing touchdown) … Caught 27 passes for 468 yards and four touchdowns and ran 45 times for 277 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 45.5 yards on kickoff returns and 21.3 on punt returns … No. 23 safety nationally and No. 1 player overall in West Virginia by Rivals … No. 34 safety nationally, No. 5 player overall in the East and No. 1 player in West Virginia by Scout … No. 30 safety nationally and No. 2 player overall in West Virginia by 247Sports … Four-star rating by Rivals and three-star rating by ESPN, 247Sports and Scout … Also offered by Arizona, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Louisville, Maryland, Nebraska, NC State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech … Birthday is August 8 … Son of Derrek Pitts Sr. and Dionne Beverly … One of seven children.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018 at WVU): Has played in 19 career games and started two … Saw action in 12 games and started in two in 2018 … Tied for No. 3 on the WVU defense in pass breakups (4) … Finished with two solo tackles and an interception against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl … Tallied one solo stop against Oklahoma … Returned to action vs. TCU, and tallied his first career forced fumble … Missed the Baylor and Texas games due to injury … Started his first career game at Iowa State … Returned a blocked field goal 72 yards for a touchdown, set a career high in assisted stops (4) and matched his career high mark in total tackles (8) against the Cyclones … WVU Defensive Champion: Kansas … Set career highs in solo tackles (8), total tackles (8), tackles for loss (3) and sacks (1) against Kansas … Tallied two total tackles, including one solo stop, against Texas Tech … Registered one assisted stop and a pass breakup against Kansas State … Recorded a career-high three pass breakups against Youngstown State … Moved from safety to cornerback in the spring
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017 at WVU): Played in 10 games, adding depth at bandit safety … Finished with nine tackles, including seven unassisted tackles … Had season-high four tackles at Kansas … Credited with two tackles, including a solo stop against Delaware State … Assisted on first career tackle against East Carolina … Enrolled at WVU in January.
HERD FILE: Played for Coach Donnie Mays at South Charleston High … Won the Carl Lee Award, signifying the top defensive back in West Virginia … Earned All-West Virginia All-State First Team honors … Named Charleston Gazette-Mail Kanawha Valley Player of the Year … Had 348 career tackles, including 13 sacks and 35 tackles for loss … In 2016, he finished with 90 tackles, including 56 solo stops and nine tackles for loss … Finished with three fumble recoveries and two interceptions, returning two of them for touchdowns … Had five solo tackles, two assisted tackles, season-high four tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and had two pass breakups against Huntington in the first round of the state playoffs … Compiled 1,169 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns (four on receptions, two each of kickoffs and fumble returns and one each on a punt return and a rushing touchdown) … Caught 27 passes for 468 yards and four touchdowns and ran 45 times for 277 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 45.5 yards on kickoff returns and 21.3 on punt returns … No. 23 safety nationally and No. 1 player overall in West Virginia by Rivals … No. 34 safety nationally, No. 5 player overall in the East and No. 1 player in West Virginia by Scout … No. 30 safety nationally and No. 2 player overall in West Virginia by 247Sports … Four-star rating by Rivals and three-star rating by ESPN, 247Sports and Scout … Also offered by Arizona, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Louisville, Maryland, Nebraska, NC State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech … Birthday is August 8 … Son of Derrek Pitts Sr. and Dionne Beverly … One of seven children.
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