Derrick Pickens

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Hometown: Houston, TX Last College: Kilgore, TX JC Height / Weight: 6-2 / 284

Position: Defensive Line Birthdate: 07/19/1980

Hawk-Items - - Tied for fourth in the Big Ten in QB sacks per game (0.6).

2001 Honors - - Named honorable mention all-Big Ten by league coaches and media . . . named Defensive Player of the Game in Iowa's win over Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl . . . 2001 - - started all 11 games he played at defensive tackle . . . game captain vs. Miami (OH), Purdue and Indiana . . . missed Wisconsin game due to elbow injury . . . season totals include 32 solo tackles, 14 assists, 11 tackles for loss, six QB sacks, six QB pressures, two pass break-ups, two forced fumbles, one pass interception and one recovered fumble . . . three solo tackles and one assist in win over Kent State, with one QB sack and two tackles for loss . . . five solo tackles and three assists in win over Miami, with two QB sacks, four tackles for loss and two QB pressures . . . four solo stops and one assist in win over Penn State, including one QB sack and two QB pressures . . . three solo tackles, one assist, a fumble recovery and a pass break-up at Purdue . . . five solo tackles and two assists at Michigan State, with two tackles for loss, one QB sack and one QB pressure . . . four solo tackles and one assist in win over Indiana, including one tackle for loss . . . two solo tackles, one assist and one QB pressure vs. Michigan . . . two solo tackles and one assist in win at Northwestern . . . two solo stops and one assist in win over Minnesota . . . one solo tackle and two assists at Iowa State, including one QB sack . . . one pass interception and nine-yard return set up field goal in Alamo Bowl win over Texas Tech . . . 2000 - - started first 11 games in defensive line . . . missed final game of the season at Minnesota due to injury . . . recorded 36 solo tackles and 29 assists . . . recorded 10 tackles for loss and seven QB sacks . . . his seven QB sacks led the team, and he was second in tackles for loss . . . seven tackles, including one tackle for loss, vs. Kansas State . . . four tackles vs. Western Michigan . . . six tackles, including four solo stops, vs. Iowa State . . . five tackles at Nebraska . . . six tackles, including two tackles for loss, at Indiana . . . four tackles, including a QB sack, in win over Michigan State . . . four tackles, including a QB sack, at Illinois . . . seven tackles vs. Ohio State, including five solo tackles and one tackle for loss . . . 10 tackles vs. Wisconsin, including five solo tackles and two QB sacks . . . one solo tackle and two assists, including a QB sack, in win at Penn State . . . five solo tackles and four assists in win over Northwestern, with two QB sacks.

Junior college - - Earned first team all-America honors as a sophomore . . . was first team all-conference . . . named top defensive player in the league after recording nine sacks and was team MVP . . . ranked as 10th best junior college player in the nation by Tom Lemmings postseason recruiting publication . . . became first Kilgore defensive lineman to earn all-America honors . . . recorded 75 tackles, including 25 tackles for loss and nine QB sacks, in nine games . . . junior college coach was Scott Hale.

High school honors - - Earned first team all-state honors as a senior at Alief Elsik HS . . . was first team all-conference and all-district as a senior and earned honorable mention as a junior . . . team MVP as a senior . . . Career - - recorded 100 tackles as a senior, including nine QB sacks and 25 tackles for loss . . . recovered two fumbles . . . recorded 210 career tackles, with 45 tackles for loss and 19 sacks . . . led district in QB sacks as a junior with 10 and led team in tackles as a junior (110) and senior (100) . . . as a prep saw action at tackle end and tight end.

Personal - - Born 7/19/80 in Houston, TX . . . physical education major . . . mother is Vicki Pickens . . . high school coach was Bill Barron.

Game-By-Game Defensive Stats

2000	Solo-Ast.	2001	Solo-Ast.
Kansas St.	3-4	Kent St.	3-1
Western MI	1-3	Miami, OH	5-3
Iowa St.	4-2	Penn St.	4-1
at Nebraska	1-4	Purdue	3-1
at Indiana	4-2	Mich. St.	5-2
Mich. St.	3-1	Indiana	4-1
at Illinois	4-0	Michigan	2-1
Ohio St.	5-2	Wisconsin	0-0
Wisconsin	5-5	Northwestern	2-1
at Penn St.	1-2	Minnesota	2-1
Northwestern	5-4	Iowa State	1-2
at Minnesota	INJ	Texas Tech	1-0
Totals	36-29	Totals	32-14

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