{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography |name=Anthony Derricks |image= |caption= |current_team= |number=6<ref name="pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/d/derr00500.html | title=Anthony Derricks | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=11 November 2025}}</ref> |position=Defensive specialist |birth_date={{birth date and age|December 17, 1976}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |height_ft=6 |height_in=0 |weight_lbs=190 |high_school= |college=Mississippi State (1995–1998) |undraftedyear=1999 |pastteams= * New England Sea Wolves ({{AFL Year|2000}}) * Birmingham Thunderbolts ({{XFL Year|2001}})* * Toronto Phantoms ({{AFL Year|2001}}–{{AFL Year|2002}}) * Chicago Rush ({{AFL Year|2003}}) * Colorado Crush ({{AFL Year|2003}}) * Indiana Firebirds ({{AFL Year|2004}}) * Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|2005}}) * Los Angeles Avengers ({{AFL Year|2006}}) |highlights= * AFL All-Rookie Team ({{AFL Year|2000}}) |afl=2335 }} '''Anthony Derricks''' (born December 17, 1976) is an American former professional football defensive specialist/kickoff returner who played in the Arena Football League. He holds Arena football records for kickoff returns in a game (11), return yards in a game (336) and touchdowns on returns in a game (4).<ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Roberto|title=SEA WOLVES/AFL PLAYOFF PRIMER|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/56876023.html?dids=56876023:56876023&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23%2C+2000&author=ROBERTO+GONZALEZ%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=SEA+WOLVES%2FAFL+PLAYOFF+PRIMER&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107031756/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/56876023.html?dids=56876023:56876023&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23,+2000&author=ROBERTO+GONZALEZ%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=SEA+WOLVES%2FAFL+PLAYOFF+PRIMER&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|accessdate=June 17, 2011|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=July 23, 2000}}</ref> His 25.1 average per return on kickoffs for the 2000 season is also a record.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Mark|title=SPOTLIGHT: LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS: Many happy returns|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LVRB&p_theme=lvrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F968F1B80495488&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=June 17, 2011|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 21, 2003}}</ref> He finished second in the 2000 rookie of the year balloting.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
==College career== Derricks attended Mississippi State University from 1995 to 1999 and was a four-year letterman in football. His last college game was in the 1999 Cotton Bowl against the University of Texas Longhorns and the Heisman winning running back, Ricky Williams.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Roberto|title=DERRICKS SOLIDIFIES SECONDARY|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/53521987.html?dids=53521987:53521987&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+05%2C+2000&author=ROBERTO+GONZALEZ%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=DERRICKS+SOLIDIFIES+SECONDARY&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107031958/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/53521987.html?dids=53521987:53521987&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+05,+2000&author=ROBERTO+GONZALEZ%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=DERRICKS+SOLIDIFIES+SECONDARY&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|accessdate=June 17, 2011|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=May 5, 2000}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.arenafan.com/players/Anthony_Derricks-2335/ Stats at ArenaFan]
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