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18 Derek Ganter Jr.

  • Position Safety
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 188
  • Hometown Pasadena, Calif.
  • Major Undeclared
  • High School Arcadia '23

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Phil Steele Freshman All-American First Team.
  • All-Big Sky Second Team.
  • FCS Football Central All-Freshman Team.
  • Stats Perform FCS All-Freshman Team.
  • Phil Steele All-Big Sky Third Team.
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Played in all 12 games while starting eight this season.
  • Led the team with a career-high 95 total tackles, along with 3.5 tackles for loss.
  • Recorded his first career sack vs. UC Davis (10/19/24).
  • Recorded a career-high 15 tackles at Idaho (10/26/24).
  • Had a career day recording 11 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss, a sack, and a forced fumble vs. UC Davis (10/19/24).
  • Recorded 11 tackles, including a tackle for loss vs. Montana State (11/2/24).
2023 (Freshman)
  • Played in four games and started in three.
  • Made his college debut vs. Weber State (10/21/2023).
  • Made the game-winning pass breakup vs. Weber State.
  • Recorded 5 tackles vs Cal Poly (11/4/2023)
  • Ended the season with 2 pass breakups.
  • Made 12 tackles.
Best on Ganter Jr: "We see a lot of potential in Derek to be an impact player. He has a high ceiling and a huge upside. You can see on film that he is efficient and effective wherever he is on the field. He has excellent ball skills and position flexibility is something that made us want to target him. He gained that versatility as a multi-sport athlete with a bright future as an Eagle."

High School
  • Played for Antyone Sims at Arcadia High School in the Pacific League conference.
  • Lettered in football for four years, while lettering in basketball for three years.
  • Played all over the field, amassing 1772 receiving yards on 104 career receptions, and scored 26 touchdowns, 17 coming in his senior season.
  • Accounted for 248 rushing yards with two touchdowns in his final season.
  • Played both sides of the ball, recording 56 total tackles, with 33 solo and adding one interception.
  • Earned First-Team All-Pacific League honors for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
  • Was the Olympic defensive MVP in 2020 as well.
Personal
  • Derek is the son of Clarinda and Derek Ganter.
  • He intends to major in either Criminal Justice or Sports Science at Eastern.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2023Freshman

    Safety
    6'0" 188 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    Safety
    6'0" 188 lbs
    18