PERSONAL: Derek Larimer was born Nov. 30, 2001...the son of James Larimer & Melinda Tish...two-year starter for Head Coaches Mike Savino & Matt Lowe at Hamilton Township High School...threw for over 1,000 yards as a junior including passing for five touchdowns in a single game...also a member of the basketball team.
MAJOR: Education
Freshman Season (2021 SPRING):
Member of the program.
Sophomore Season (2021 FALL):
Appeared in all nine games...finished 178-for-297 with 1,868 yards passing with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Junior Season (2022):
Appeared in nine games as both a punter and backup quarterback as a junior...averaged 33.1 yards per punt in 59 attempts...College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection.
Senior Season (2023):
Appeared in all 10 games for the Quakers…Led the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) with 36 passing touchdowns, which is a new single season program record…Tied the single game OAC record with nine passing touchdowns against Muskingum University on November 4, 2023…Led the OAC with 15 punts that were fair caught…Second in the OAC with 2,482 passing yards, 198 completions, and 345 attempts…Tied for second in the OAC with 51 punts…Third in the OAC at 248.2 passing yards per game...Tied for third in the OAC with a long completion of 78 yards…Fourth in the OAC in pass efficiency at 145.3 and with 1,561 punting yards…Sixth in the OAC with a 57.4 completion percentage…Threw for five or more touchdowns in four games…Threw for 300 or more yards in three games and 400 or more yards in one game…Ran the ball 40 times and scored two touchdowns…Caught one pass for one yard…Gathered eight all-purpose yards…Scored 16 points…Named Second Team Offense All-OAC…Named to D3football.com Team of the Week on November 7, 2023…Named OAC Football Athlete of the Week on September 25, 2023 and November 6, 2023…Named Academic All-OAC.
