2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 1
Derrek Pitts
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dunbar, W.Va.
- High School:
- South Charleston HS
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
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