2024 Football Roster

18 Derick Mourning, Jr.

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 224
  • Class R-Jr.
  • Experience 1L
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Paetow
  • Prev School Kilgore College
  • Major Integrated Studies

Biography

2024 (Redshirt junior)
Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams... Registered 3 tackles.

2023 (Redshirt sophomore)
Played in 8 games (no starts) at linebacker … 16 tackles (8 solo), 3.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack … Made his Texas State debut in the Bobcats’ 42-31 win over Baylor to open the season but did not register a tackle … 1 tackle at UTSA on Sept. 9 … Season-high 9 tackles (5 solo), 3.0 TFLs and a 1.0 sack vs. Jackson State on Sept. 16 … 2 tackles in back-to-back games at Southern Miss (Sept. 30) and Louisiana (Oct. 7) … 1 tackle in the regular season finale vs. South Alabama on Nov. 25 … More than 100 snaps played ... Enrolled at Texas State in the summer of 2023.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Kilgore College (2021-22)
2022 (Redshirt freshman)
All-SWJCFC First Team as a linebacker … Helped Kilgore win the SWJCFC championship … 86 tackles (52 solo), 7.5 TFLs, 4.0 sacks, INT and forced fumble in 12 games … Season-high 13 tackles and 0.5 TFL at Trinity Valley on Oct. 22 … 12 tackles (10 solo) and 4.0 TFLs at Tyler JC on Oct. 29 … 8 tackles and a season-high 2.0 sacks at New Mexico Military Institute on Nov. 19 … 9 tackles and 1.0 sack in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against Butler on Dec. 3.
 
2021 (Freshman)
Did not play in any games … Redshirt.
 
Arizona (2020 – Freshman)
Played in 5 games as a true freshman inside linebacker, including one start … 10 tackles and a pass breakup … Made his collegiate debut against USC on Nov. 14 (one tackle) … 2 tackles against UCLA on Nov. 28 … Earned his first career start on Dec. 5 against Colorado and totaled 3 tackles … 3 tackles against Arizona State on Dec. 11 … 182 snaps, including 167 on defense … Entered the transfer portal in July 2021.
 
High School
Three-year letterwinner at Paetow High School (TX) as a linebacker … In 20 career games, he had 129 tackles, 20.0 TFLs and 9.0 sacks at outside linebacker … In his senior year, he had 75 tackles, 10.0 TFLs, 7.0 sacks, 15 hurries, 3 forced fumbles, an INT and 4 pass breakups … 2019 District 10-5A Defensive Newcomer of the Year … 2019 Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Third Team … 2019 TWSA All-State honorable mention … 2019 Touchdown Club of Houston Defensive Player of the Year finalist.
 
Personal
Son of Derick Mourning and Amaka Okonkwo … Two brothers, Deven and CJ, and one sister, Alexia.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 224 lbs
    18