Derrick Shepard Jr.
Tulane Green Wave
56
Depth

Derrick Shepard Jr.

Tulane Green WaveRebuilding
NTDefenseDepth
3rd String

Is Derrick Shepard Jr. starting?

Derrick Shepard Jr. is listed 3rd string at NT for Tulane Green Wave.

Redshirt senior · #94 · 6'3", 313 lbs

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Depth at NT · Tulane Green Wave

  1. 17083Kameron HamiltonStarter
  2. 29867PaLanding Drammeh
  3. 39456Derrick Shepard Jr.You
  4. 49254Armondous Cooley

Tulane Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the American

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Up next for Tulane

Tulane plays Tulsa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Archbishop Alter, ranked #384 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 56 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #384 NatlTeam Share0%
Dayton, OH
Jersey
#94
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
313 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025510

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8933
National Rank
#384
High School
Archbishop Alter
Hometown
Dayton, OH

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated defense; 41th-percentile production (×0.82 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 56.

Team defense (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 41% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 30WCLTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-31 OT

Oct 25LUTSATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-19

Sep 26WUSMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Sep 5LDUKETKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 17-3

Derrick Shepard Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
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