Dermot Lavelle Jr
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| No. 57 – Austin Copperheads | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | April 13, 2010 (aged 51) Yellowknife, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Username: | White Cornerback | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| College: | Yellowknife | ||||||||||||
| ISFL Draft: | 2031 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||||||
| DSFL Draft: | 2030 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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| Career NSFL statistics as of Week 17, 2037 | |||||||||||||
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Dermot Lavelle, Jr. (born April 13, 2008) is an American football cornerback who plays for the Austin Copperheads of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL). Lavelle was drafted fourth overall in the 2031 ISFL Draft (S16) by the Austin Copperheads, where he has remained for all of his career. Previously, he was drafted third overall in the 2030 DSFL Draft (S15) by the Norfolk Seawolves whilst the season before Lavelle had spent it on the Kansas City Coyotes as a waiver player, for which he had two appearences in the regular season. Lavelle is a one time Ultimus champion, five time NSFL pro bowler and the son of NSFL Hall of Famer Dermot Lavelle.
Early years
Lavelle was born in Yellowknife, Canada on April 13th 2008. Lavelle Jr. would spent most of his childhood living in Yellowknife following his father's retirement from the NSFL and after spending his entire career with the Yellownife Wraiths. The son of NSFL Hall of Famer, Dermot Lavelle, Lavelle Jr. was encouraged to play football from a very young age. Like his father, Lavelle Jr. played a number of sports including soccer, basketball and volleyball alongside american football. Lavelle opted to reject a number of high profile D1 scholarships insisting that they "are interested in me because of my father's legacy and his career, not my potential, grit or hard work that has got me to where I am today". Lavelle decided to enter Aurora College, Yellowknife where he would decline the opportunity to play football at a collegiate level.
College career
Lavelle attended Aurora College in Yellowknife. He opted to not play collegiate football, instead choosing to play for the basketball team as a point guard. Lavelle averaged 13.8 points, 9.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game for Aurora during his single season there (26 games).
Professional career
Lavelle declared for the 2030 (S15) DSFL Draft and was eligible to hit the 2029 (S14) DSFL waiver wire where he was picked up by the Kansas City Coyotes for their final two games of the season. Following this, Lavelle was selected third overall in the 2030 DSFL Draft (S15) by the Norfolk Seawolves. After little over a season and a bit in the DSFL, Dermot Lavelle Jr. declared for the 2031 ISFL Draft (S16) and following the public release of his draft conditions, found himself drafted fourth overall to the Austin Copperheads.
Lavelle Jr. competed in all 7 aspects of the NSFL Scouting Combine which included other notable defensive backs in the class such as Jaylen Storm, Anthony Rowland and Chance Matthews. Lavelle excelled in four of the seven drills, placing top five in the Wonderlic (T-3rd), Vertical jump (4th), Broad jump (4th) and the 3 cone drill (3rd).
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
205 lb (93 kg) |
34+5⁄8 in (0.88 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) |
4.49 s | 4.42 s | 7.14 s | 30.4 in (0.77 m) |
124 ft 5 in (37.92 m) |
29 reps | 39 |
Kansas City Coyotes
2029
On June 19th 2029, the Kansas City Coyotes signed Lavelle Jr. to a one-year, $4,000,000 waiver contract which would expire at the end of the 2029 season. He would play in a total of two games for the franchise. Lavelle finished the 2029 season with 10 tackles, 1 interception and 2 pass deflections in his two games with the Kansas City Coyotes.
Norfolk Seawolves
2030
After being drafted third overall in the 2030 DSFL Draft, Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $4,000,000 with the Norfolk Seawolves. Lavelle has yet to play a single game for the Seawolves.
Austin Copperheads
2031
Lavelle was drafted fourth overall by the Austin Copperheads in the 2031 ISFL Draft (S16). Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $1,000,000 which contained an NTC and primary kick and punt returner guarantees. Copperheads GM, Charlie Law did not hesitate in naming Lavelle the teams #1 CB for the future. Lavelle played in all 13 games and by all accounts had a disappointing season amassing just 56 tackles, 1 interception and 8 pass deflections alongside 1 forced fumble. He also had 999 kick return yards from 25 attempts while having returned 15 punts for a total of 65 yards.
2032
Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $2,000,000 which included an NTC and a KR1/PR1 clause. Lavelle finished the season with an improved 71 tackles, 2 interceptions and 15 pass deflections. Returning the ball he had 39 kick returns resulting in 749 yards, for punts he had 31 for 358 yards and 2 touchdowns. Lavelle was named to the 2032 ISFL Pro Bowl (S17) for the first time in his career.
2033
Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth which included an NTC and a KR1/PR1 clause. Lavelle Jr. saw a decrease in his production in his third season, amassing just 55 tackles, 14 pass deflections and 1 forced fumble with no interceptions. On kick returns, he had a career-high of 1049 yards from 41 attempts, on punt returns just 154 yards on 30 attempts. Lavelle was then named to the 2033 ISFL Pro Bowl (S18), the second of his career.
2034
Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $3,000,000 which includes an NTC and a KR1/PR1 clause. Lavelle failed to build off his second pro bowl season heading into the new year and had a down season, only totalling 57 tackles, 13 pass deflections, and just 1 interception. His production on returns also dipped having just 33 kick returns for 826 yards while returning 27 punts for 275 yards and a touchdown. Lavelle however still managed to be named to his third Pro Bowl in his four seasons in the league.
2035
Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $4,000,000 which included an NTC and a clause dictating his spot as the team's primary kick and punt returner. While the season started off slow for Lavelle, it wouldn't end up being his best to date. Lavelle finished the season with 52 tackles, 19 pass deflections (T-2nd best in the NSFL) and 3 interceptions while also picking up a forced fumble and a defensive touchdown. Returning the ball, Lavelle finished with 872 kick return yards from 30 attempts alongside 328 punt return yards from 37 attempts. Additionally the Austin Copperheads would go on to become the S20 Ultimus Champions, beating the New Orleans Second Line and the Yellowknife Wraiths en route to raising the Ultimus Trophy. Lavelle would prove to be integral during this run, in the regular season and the playoff games as Austin finished top of the ASFC. Lavelle would be named to his fourth pro bowl in 5 seasons this year.
2036
Lavelle signed a 1-year contract worth $5,000,000 which included a NTC clause and a KR/PR1 guarentee. After recording his best season just a year ago, Lavelle would follow up with the worst single season performance of his young career. Finishing out the season with 51 tackles and just 10 pass deflections, not snagging a single interception in 13 games of regular season play. Returning the ball, Lavelle racked up 926 kick return yards from 36 returns along with 364 punt return yards on 39 attempts. For the second time in his career, Lavelle Jr. failed to make the probowl. Lavelle's inability to perform continued into the playoffs, while getting his hand on 2 pass deflections and 7 tackles, Lavelle could not force a turnover. Sadly for the Copperheads, they would not pass the first round of the playoffs. Falling to the eventual champions, New Orleans Second Line by a deficit of 23-17. Lavelle Jr. would enter the offseason unsure about where or who he would be playing for next season. Rumors circulated throughout the offseason of apparent contact from other NSFL franchises and even the possibility of a switch to the EFL (Elite Football League) was on the table for Lavelle Jr.
2037
Lavelle would head into the 7th season of his career on the Austin Copperheads roster after re-upping for a 1 year extension with the same clauses. Lavelle entered the new year with renewed optimism, hoping to dust himself down and to get right back to his pro bowl worthy level of play seen previously in his career. Lavelle Jr. opted to sit out all pre-season camps and games in order to rehab an aggravating injury that had affected him all throughout the previous season. The season begun poorly for Lavelle, he would extend his career interception drought to a whopping 26 games (the 2nd most all time, only behind Kacey Dream's 27 game interception drought streak) before finally forcing a turnover in the week 7 decimation of the Sarasota Sailfish, 47-16. Lavelle Jr would continue to build from this game and his confidence visibly grew, before the season was over he managed to snag 2 more interceptions putting his season total statline at 59 tackles, 14 pass deflections and 3 interceptions. On the returning side of the ball Lavelle Jr had 30 kick returns for 758 yards and 28 punt returns for 266 punt return yards. Lavelle Jr. was not the only one to recover from such a slow start to the season, remarkably Austin would begin the season 1-4-1 before winning 7 games in a row to finish 8-4-1 which was good enough for 2nd in the ASFC. Austin would narrowly defeat the New Orleans Second Line 34-27 thanks to a late Ryan Leaf Jr. touchdown to clinch their spot in the ASFC Championship game. They would lose this game 50-38 to the 10 win Orange County Otters. At the end of the season Lavelle Jr would make his fifth probowl in a so far seven season career in the NSFL.
2038
Lavelle would re-up for a consecutive 8th season with the Copperheads, a 1 year extension on his previous contract with identical terms.
Career DSFL statistics
| Regular season | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Other | |||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Reg | TFL | Total | Sack | Int | IntTD | DefTD | FFum | FRec | PD | Safety |
| 2029 (S14) | KCC | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2030 (S15) | NOR | 14 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Career NSFL statistics
| Regular season | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Other | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Reg | TFL | Total | Sack | Int | IntTD | DefTD | FFum | FRec | PD | Safety | Yds | Avg | KR TD | Yds | Avg | PR TD |
| 2031 (S16) | AUS | 13 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 999 | 25 | 0 | 65 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2032 (S17) | AUS | 13 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 749 | 19.2 | 0 | 358 | 11.5 | 2 |
| 2033 (S18) | AUS | 13 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1049 | 25.6 | 0 | 154 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2034 (S19) | AUS | 13 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 826 | 25 | 0 | 275 | 10.2 | 1 |
| 2035 (S20) | AUS | 13 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 872 | 29.1 | 0 | 328 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 2036 (S21) | AUS | 13 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 926 | 25.7 | 0 | 364 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2037 (S22) | AUS | 13 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 758 | 25.3 | 0 | 266 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2038 (S23) | AUS | 16 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 898 | 24.3 | 0 | 355 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 2039 (S24) | AUS | 9 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 472 | 26.2 | 0 | 217 | 18.1 | 1 |
| Career | 100 | 497 | 0 | 497 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 7,549 | BLANK | 0 | 2,382 | BLANK | 4 | |
| Playoffs | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Other | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Reg | TFL | Total | Sack | Int | IntTD | DefTD | FFum | FRec | PD | Safety | Yds | Avg | KR TD | Yds | Avg | PR TD |
| 2033 (S18) | AUS | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2034 (S19) | AUS | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2035 (S20) | AUS | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 21.4 | 0 | -1 | -.5 | 0 |
| 2036 (S21) | AUS | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2037 (S22) | AUS | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 24.7 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 2038 (S23) | AUS | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 24.7 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 |
| Career | 7 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 482 | BLANK | 0 | 46 | BLANK | 0 | |
Awards and records
Awards
- Team
- NSFL Champion (1): 2035 (S20)
- ASFC Champion (1): 2035 (S20)
- Individual
- NSFL Pro Bowl Selection (5): 2032 - 2035 , 2037
- DSFL Defensive Back of the Year: 2030
Records
- NSFL
- Career
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career interceptions (57)
- 2028; Currently sits in 2nd all time for career pass deflections (249)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career defensive touchdowns (10)
- 2028; Currently sits in 8th all time for career tackles (832)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career punt return yards (3,452)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career punt return touchdowns (10)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career kick return yards (9,093)
- 2028; Currently sits in joint 1st all time for career kick return touchdowns (5)
- Season
- 2028; Holds record for most interception return yards in a season (201)
- 2028; Holds record for most punt return touchdowns in a season (3)
- Game
- 2028; Holds record for most punt return yards in a single game (214)
- 2028; Holds record for most punt return touchdowns in a single game (2)
- Austin Copperheads
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career interceptions (57)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career pass deflections (249)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career defensive touchdowns (10)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career tackles (832)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career punt return yards (3,452)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career punt return touchdowns (10)
- 2028; Currently sits in 1st all time for career kick return yards (9,093)
- 2028; Currently sits in joint 1st all time for career kick return touchdowns (5)
