The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Derek Kerstetter
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- Weight:
- 293
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Reagan
- Major:
- Corporate Communication/Graduate School
A fifth-year offensive lineman who has played in 58 games with 49 starts ... earned 2021 first-team All-Big 12 honors from league coaches … selected to the Associated Press All-Big 12 second team ... named a second-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Athlon Sports in 2021 ... a 2021 third-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Phil Steele ... earned All-Big 12 honorable mention in 2020 ... a preseason watch list candidate for the 2020 Rimington Trophy ... recognized as a third-team performer on Pro Football Focus’ 2019 Big 12 Team of the Year ... a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection (2019-21) ... made his collegiate debut at Iowa State in 2017 ... also a six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021) ... was an All-American and three-time all-district honoree in high school ... competed in the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... also earned Academic All-State honors.
SUPER SENIOR (2021)
Named All-Big 12 First Team (coaches) … an AP second-team All-Big 12 selection ... played in and started all 12 games … started 11 games at right tackle while making a start at left guard versus Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown … helped Texas post back-to-back 58-plus-point games (58 vs. Rice, 70 vs. Texas Tech) … the 70 points against Texas Tech tied for the ninth-most points scored in a game in program history … anchored an offensive line that helped produce over 600 yards against Rice (620) and Texas Tech (639) … helped the Longhorns set the school’s single-game yards per carry record of 10.4 ypc (41 carries for 428 yards) against Rice … blocked for the seventh running back duo in UT history with a 1,000- and 500-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson – 1,127, Roschon Johnson – 569) … helped protect QB Casey Thompson, who had a Big 12-leading 24 touchdown passes ... part of unit that helped three Longhorns total nine 100-yard rushing games … part of an offensive line that helped Bijan Robinson eclipse 100 yards rushing in five-straight games … blocked for Bijan Robinson’s 20 carry, 103 yard outing in the season-opening victory over Louisiana … anchored an offensive line that helped Robinson (13 carries, 127 yards, 3 TDs) and Roschon Johnson (3 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD) both surpass 100 rushing yards against Rice, as well as an 80-yard rushing performance by Keilan Robinson (5 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD) … also against Rice, helped block for three running backs with 60-yard touchdown runs (Roschon Johnson - 72, Keilan Robinson - 65, Bijan Robinson - 62) … blocked for Bijan Robinson as he rushed for 137 yards on 18 carries against Texas Tech … anchored a unit that helped Bijan Robinson rush for career-high 216 yards with two TDs on 34 carries at TCU, the 21st-most rushing yards in UT history … blocked for Bijan Robinson’s 137 rushing yard performance against Oklahoma and 135-yard outing against Oklahoma State … helped Keilan Robinson rush for 111 yards on nine carries at West Virginia, the first 100-yard game of his career … blocked for Roschon Johnson’s career-best 179 rushing yards against Kansas State.
SENIOR (2020)
Earned All-Big 12 honorable mention ... played in and started all nine games of the regular season ... started at center in the first eight games of the season and right tackle in the regular season finale at Kansas State ... part of an offensive line that helped the Longhorns score 41.3 points per game – the fourth-best scoring average in school history ... blocked for an offense that averaged 6.36 yards per play, the seventh-best mark in school history ... helped Texas post two 60-point games (63 at Texas Tech, 69 at Kansas State) ... blocked for a UT backfield that averaged 5.0 yards per carry and scored 18 rushing touchdowns ... helped senior QB Sam Ehlinger recorded 2,788 yards of total offense and score 33 total touchdowns (25 pass/8 rush) ... Ehlinger’s 309.8 yards of offense per game is the best average by a Big 12 player in 2020 ... part of unit that helped three Longhorns total four 100-yard rushing games ... opened holes for Ehlinger to rush for a career-high 112 yards and four touchdowns in the AT&T Red River Showdown versus Oklahoma ... blocked for Bijan Robinson’s first career 100-yard day (12 carries, 113 yards) in a win over West Virginia ... anchored an offensive line that helped Robinson (9 carries, 172 yards, 3 TDs) and Roschon Johnson (14 carries, 139 yards, 3 TDs) both surpass 100 rushing yards against Kansas State ... helped Robinson set the school’s single-game yards per carry record (19.1 ypc) against K-State ... marked the first time during the Big 12 era that two Longhorns each rushed for three touchdowns in the same game ... was also the first time that a Texas running back tandem each rushed for at least 125 yards in the same game since Shon Mitchell (150 yds) and Ricky Williams (143 yds) did so versus Texas Tech in 1996 ... missed the bowl game due to a leg injury suffered during the K-State game.
JUNIOR (2019)
Played in and started 13 games ... ... part of a Texas OL that was named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll ... helped protect QB Sam Ehlinger, who has accounted for 4,326 yards of total offense (No. 2 in school history) and 39 total touchdowns (No. 3) ... played in key role in helping the UT offense score 35.2 points per game ... contributed in helping Texas outrush West Virginia, 216-96 ... part of an offensive line that helped RB Keaontay Ingram rush for a then-career-high 114 yards versus Oklahoma State, and then allowed true freshman RB Roschon Johnson to log a career-best 121 yards at West Virginia ... Johnson rushed for 95 yards against No. 6 Oklahoma the following week, the most by a Longhorn true freshman against the Sooners since Jamaal Charles in 2005 ... Ingram logged his second 100-yard game of the season against Kansas, marking UT’s fourth-straight game with a 95-yard rusher ... was the first time during head coach Tom Herman’s tenure that the Longhorns had a 95-yard rusher in four-straight games ... Ingram later rushed for a career-high 139 yards and two touchdowns behind the UT offensive line against No. 16 Kansas State ... Johnson rushed for 105 yards and scored three touchdowns behind the Texas offensive line versus Texas Tech ... blocked for a UT backfield that racked up 231 rushing yards against No. 11 Utah in the Valero Alamo Bowl ... the Longhorns averaged 6.2 yards per carry against the Utes, well above the 2.7 ypc average that Utah allowed in its first 13 games of the season ... Texas was one of only two teams to rush for more than 115 yards against Utah ... marked the third time in 2019 that the Horns rushed for more than 230 yards ... named a third-team performer on PFF’s Big 12 Team of the Year.
SOPHOMORE (2018)
Played in all 14 games and started five (Maryland, Tulsa, USC, TCU, Kansas State) ... started at right tackle in the season opener at Maryland ... started at right guard and helped a balanced Longhorn offense with 241 rushing yard and 237 passing yards in a 28-21 victory over Tulsa ... started at right guard and contributed to 160 rushing yards and 234 passing yards in a win over USC ... started at right guard in UT’s 31-16 win over No. 17 TCU ... started at right guard as the Longhorns went on the road and beat Kansas State, 19-14, for the first time since 2002 ... played in a 48-45 win over No. 7 Oklahoma ... contributed to a 23-17 victory over Baylor ... played in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State ... played in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia ... played in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech ... played on offense and special teams in the 24-10 win over No. 18 Iowa State ... played in the 24-17 road win over Kansas ... played on special teams in the Big 12 Championship Game ... helped the Longhorns to a 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Started the final 10 games of the season at right tackle ... made his collegiate debut with a start at right tackle on the road at Iowa State ... started once again at right tackle against Kansas State, helping the Longhorns’ offense to 40 points, 32 first downs, 546 yards and did not allow a sack ... started at right tackle, helping the Longhorns to 23 first downs and 428 total yards against Oklahoma in the AT&T Red River Showdown ... started at right tackle against Oklahoma State ... started at left guard in the Horns’ 38-7 victory at Baylor ... helped the Texas offense to 427 total yards, including 171 rushing yards ... started at right tackle in a loss at No. 10/12 TCU ... started at right tackle in UT’s 42-27 win over Kansas ... started at right tackle in the Longhorns’ 28-14 win at No. 24/25 West Virginia ... started at right tackle in a 27-23 loss to Texas Tech ... started at right tackle in the Longhorns’ 33-16 Texas Bowl victory over Missouri.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by David Wetzel at San Antonio Reagan ... an All-America and three-time all-district honoree ... selected to participate in the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... earned 2017 second-team Academic All-State honors ... chosen unanimous first-team All-District 26-6A and a second-team District Academic All-Star ... named to the San Antonio Express-News 6A All-Area Team ... chosen to the 2016 Super Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ... tabbed in the Top 100 in Texas by the Waco Tribune ... rated No. 410 nationally (No. 27 OG) and No. 52 overall in Texas by 247Sports ... rated the No. 37 OG nationally and No. 7 OG in Texas by Scout ... ranked the No. 45 OT nationally and No. 59 overall in Texas by Rivals ... ranked the No. 82 OG nationally and No. 161 overall in Texas by ESPN ... part of an offense that averaged 29.1 points per game, including six games of 30 points or more, and 240 yards rushing per game as a senior ... helped the offense score a season-high 56 points against Lee ... helped Reagan to a 9-2 overall record, including a district championship with a 6-0 mark, and an appearance in the 6A Division 1 bisdistrict playoffs in 2016 ... selected first-team All-District 26-6A in 2015 ... tabbed second-team San Antonio Express-News 6A All-Area Team ... part of an offense that averaged 44.2 points per game as a junior ... helped the offense to a four-game stretch averaging 59.8 points per game, including a season-high 76 against Lee ... part of an offense that generated 5,085 total yards (462.3 ypg), including 3,055 rushing yards (277.7 ypg) and 2,030 passing yards (184.5 ypg) ... helped Reagan to a 10-1 overall record, including a district championship with a 6-0 mark, and an appearance in the 6A Division 1 bisdistrict playoffs in 2015 ... earned honorable mention All-District 26-6A honors in 2014 ... part of an offense that totaled 5,367 total yards (383.4 ypg), including 3,225 rushing yards (230.4 ypg) and 2,030 passing yards (153.0 ypg) as a sophomore ... helped Reagan to a 12-2 overall record, including a district championship with a 6-0 mark, and an appearance in the 6A Division I regional playoffs in 2014.
PERSONAL
Son of Devin and Julie Kerstetter ... has two siblings - Megan and Drew ... mother played basketball at West Texas A&M (1983-85) and father played football there (1986-88) ... brother Drew played tight end at Colorado School of Mines ... majoring in physical culture and sports.
