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2018 Football Roster

3 Derek Ibekwe

  • Position DL
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 234
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • High School Lamar Consolidated HS

Biography

2017 (RS-Junior)
Took a medical redshirt.

2016 (Junior)
Saw action in seven games with two starts... Picked up 17 tackles with nine solo and eight assisted... Season-high seven tackles at Idaho (10/15) with a tackle for loss... Missed five games of the season due to injury.

2015 (Sophomore)
Played in 12 games and started nine… Garnered a team-high 93 tackles with 41 unassisted and 52 assisted… Racked up 6.5 tackles for loss and had 1.0 sacks at ULM (12/5)… Had one forced fumble against UTEP (9/19)… Amassed three double-digit tackle efforts with 12 against UTEP, 13 at New Mexico (10/3) and 14 at Georgia Southern (10/17)… Had a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss at New Mexico... Collected 58 tackles during conference play, which included 24 unassisted and 34 assisted… Garnered 3.0 tackles for loss in league games with 1.0 at Georgia Southern (10/17), 1.0 against Arkansas State (11/28) and 1.0 at ULM.

2014 (Freshman)
Played in 12 games with 10 starts… Garnered 102 tackles on the season, which included 46 unassisted tackles and 56 assisted tackles… Totaled 4.0 tackles for loss... Earned Sun Belt All-Conference honorable mention... Amassed four games with double-figure tackles… Had a career-high 14 tackles against Cal Poly (Aug. 28) which he matched at Troy (Oct. 11)… Collected 1.0 tackles for loss against New Mexico (Sept. 20) and 1.0 tackles for loss at Troy… Had one quarterback hurry at Idaho (Oct. 8).

High School
Totaled 79 tackles with six tackles for loss and five sacks… Also collected one pass break-up, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery… Ranked 78th in the Texas Lone Star Rankings Class of 2014 by rivals.com… Selected to the USA football vs. Canada under-19 game and was also chosen as Defensive MVP of district 23-4a… As a junior, racked up 56 tackles, two sacks and one quarterback hurry… Also had a touchdown reception as tight end… Was part of the Texas Top-100 watch list class of 2014.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2014Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 214 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2015Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 233 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2016Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 243 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2017Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'0" 240 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'0" 234 lbs
    3