Derrick has a lot of gameplay experience playing since his true freshman year. He has played as both a DE and a LB. His most productive season came as a DE during his junior campaign, but still had reps as a senior even through he primarily played as a LB. He has great play strength combined with his natural leverage of being short for a LB allows him to excel at the bull rush. He also has violent hands allowing to to often win his battles when rushing the QB. As a LB, he often has issues seeing the ball resulting in some delayed reactions. He is a powerful tackler with a high motor typically. He will pull off the gas when in backside pursuit some times. He usually takes good angles to the ball carrier as well. In pass coverage, he does not cover man to man but does cover in zone. He is still in space and doesn't always look fluid. He has terrible zone awareness and if too fixated on the QBs eyes not usually knowing where the closest receiver is to him. He will be limited in what he can provide in the NFL but his power and ability to bull rush could become an immediate limited asset for team.