MCK - Curry

Derrick Curry

  • Award
    Football Special Teams Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/7/2016
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    McKendree
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Defensive Back
  • Hometown
    Glen Ellyn, IL
  • High School
    Montini Catholic
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Derrick Curry, McKendree
Jr., DB, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Team Result: 35-17 win at Quincy
  • Collected first career punt return for a touchdown (64 yards)
  • Marked McKendree’s first punt return for a touchdown since 2013
  • Recorded four returns for 79 yards, averaging 19.8 yards per return
  • Has posted 37 punt returns this season, which is five shy of Bearcats’ single-season record of 42 set by Adam Clapp in 2006.
  • Also netted three solo tackles against the Hawks
  • Earns his first career Special Teams Player of the Week award
  • Last McKendree Special Teams Player of the Week:  Steven O’Block (10/31/16)
  • Fourth-straight McKendree Special Teams Player of the Week award