West Virginia University Athletics

2018 (So.)

• 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

2017 (Fr.)

• 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

High School

• 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.

Personal

• Birthday is August 8
• Son of Derrek Pitts Sr. and Dionne Beverly
• One of seven children
• Enrolled in undergraduate studies