Javier Derritt
Prior to Kansas: Veteran player who appeared in 56 games over four seasons at North Dakota State, including 29 consecutive starts at nose guard…Totaled 90 tackles (34 solo/56 assist) at NDSU, with 16.0 TFL and 11.0 sacks in his career…Had a career-best 31 tackles in 2023, 7.0 TFL in 2022 and 4.0 sacks in 2021…Member of two FCS National Championship teams, in 2019 as a redshirt and as a starter in 2021…NDSU also reached the FCS Championship game in 2022, finishing as runner up, reached the semifinals in 2023 and quarterfinals in 2020…2019 Graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas HS in Overland Park…Four-year starter for coach Randy Dreiling…Captain for the school’s first Class 5A state championship team that went 13-0…Two-time all-state selection by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal…2018 Kansas Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year…Made 65 tackles with 11 tackles for loss, four sacks, 34 quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and two punt blocks…Three-time All-Eastern Kansas League…Career totals include 175 tackles, 28.5 TFLs, 14 sacks, 80 hurries and eight breakups…Three-time state qualifier in track and field and part of two Class 5A state championship teams.
2023 (Sr.): Started all 15 games at defensive tackle…Made 31 total tackles with 15 of those coming in a very productive four-game postseason stretch…Season-high six tackles in the NCAA semifinal loss at Montana, where he had a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks…Made four tackles including a half-sack plus a quarterback hurry at South Dakota in the quarterfinals…Finished the year with 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
2022 (Jr.): Started the last 14 games at defensive tackle after missing the season opener against Drake…Made 29 tackles with 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks…Credited with one quarterback hurry…Career-high seven tackles in NDSU’s three-point win at Southern Illinois…Recorded four tackles with 2.0 sacks in the NCAA quarterfinal win over Samford.
2021 (So.): Played in all 15 games at defensive tackle…Made 20 tackles including 4.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks…Tied a career high with four tackles in the NCAA second round playoff win over Southern Illinois…Solo sacks against Northern Iowa, Illinois State, Indiana State and James Madison.
2020-21 (Fr.): Appeared in all 10 games as a backup on the defensive line…Made nine total tackles…Credited with two half-sacks, one against South Dakota State and one in the NCAA playoffs against Eastern Washington…Career-high four tackles in the loss at Southern Illinois.
2019 (Fr.): Took a redshirt year with the Bison…Played in two games…Made one tackle in the season opener against Butler…Also played in the home win over Western Illinois…Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll.
High School: 2019 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan…Four-year starter for coach Randy Dreiling…Captain for the school’s first Class 5A state championship team that went 13-0…Two-time all-state selection by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal…2018 Kansas Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year…Made 65 tackles with 11 tackles for loss, four sacks, 34 quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and two punt blocks…Three-time All-Eastern Kansas League…Career totals include 175 tackles, 28.5 TFLs, 14 sacks, 80 hurries and eight breakups…Three-time state qualifier in track and field and part of two Class 5A state championship teams.
Personal: Son of Wanzetta Derritt…Has two brothers, Jacob and Paris, and a sister, Breanna.