At Harvard:
2009: Started all 10 games, compiling 28 tackes (19 solo) with an interception and 10 pass breakups ... Named Preseason All-America Honorable Mention by the Consensus Draft Services ... Had four pass breakups in the season opener at then-No. 23 Holy Cross ... Had an interception and three pass breakups against Lafayette ... Had a fumble recovery and a pass breakup in a win over Princeton.

2008: Started all 10 games at cornerback ... Finished with 27 tackles, 20 of them coming as solo efforts ... Had 10 pass breakups ... Intercepted a pass in the red zone at Brown ... Ranked third nationally in passes defended heading into Oct. 4 ... Broke up two passes in a win over Columbia including one in the end zone ... Named to Ivy League Honor Roll after recovering a fumble on special teams that led to the game's only touchdown in a 10-0 win over Yale.

2007: Appeared in all 10 games and made several starts as Harvard's fifth defensive back ... Had 41 tackles with 33 solo efforts and led the team in special teams tackles ... Third on team with 10 pass breakups and had an interception against Brown on Sept. 22 ... Had eight tackles, seven solo, at Cornell Oct. 6 with four pass breakups in the game ... had three pass breakups against Penn on Nov. 10 ... Major H recipient.

2006: Appeared in two games as a freshman, getting a start in the Crimson's win against Cornell ... Had three tackles and a six-yard interception return against the Big Red, starting at cornerback for the injured Andrew Berry ... Also saw action in the come-from-behind win against Lehigh ... Earned a Minor H award.

Before Harvard:
Three-year letterwinner and starter in football at Westlake HS ... Spent a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms ... Captained football, wrestling and track and field teams at Westlake ... Named to Fulton County Super 11 squad ... Helped football team to the second round of the state tournament ... Member and coach of the school's robotics club ... Co-founder of the financial literary club.

Personal:
Father, Derrick Sr., was a standout athlete at Morehouse ... Grandfather, Joseph, was a three-sport athlete at Prairie View A&M ... Plans a career in consulting.