# Derek McDonald

LB · North Carolina (ACC) · #15 · 6'4" · 240 lbs · GR

Transferred from SYR · Projected MLB starter · 42 career games (28 starts)

## Career statistics

### Defense

| Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | INT | PD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | SYR | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | SYR | 13 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | SYR | 13 | 63 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | SYR | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Targets | Rec | Scrimmage yds | TD | Team touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | vs CONN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |

## Recruiting

3-star recruit in the 2021 class · #1439 national · TE #75 · from Marist School (Atlanta, GA)

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/04be5280-e6fe-43c3-b617-42634b5bde42
Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.