Derek Rivers

DE · NE/LA/HOU · 2018–2021

Born May 9, 1994 · College Youngstown State · Drafted 2017, round 3, pick 83 (NE) · 6-5, 250 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss
2018	NE	2	2	1.0	2	1
2020	NE	6	5	1.5	4	2
2020 playoffs	LA	1	1	0.0	0	0
2021	HOU	5	9	1.0	1	2
Career	HOU	13	16	3.5	7	5

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2018	NE	6	–	–	76	19.0
2018 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	18	26.9
2020	NE/LA	12	–	–	112	15.9
2020 playoffs	LA	2	–	–	6	4.5
2021	HOU	5	–	–	141	41.0

Game logs

2021 game log (5 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	2	0.0
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	1	0.0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	2	0.0
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	1	0.0
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	3	1.0

2020 game log (7 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	1	1.0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	2	0.5
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	0	0.0
7	2020-10-25	vs SF	L 6–33	1	0.0
9	2020-11-09	@ NYJ	W 30–27	0	0.0
17	2021-01-03	vs ARI	W 18–7	1	0.0
P18	2021-01-09	@ SEA	W 30–20	1	0.0

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
7	2018-10-21	@ CHI	W 38–31	1	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	1	1.0	0	0