| Derek Robertson | |
| School: | Monmouth Hawks |
| Class: | Senior |
| Currentnumber: | 12 |
| Currentposition: | Quarterback |
| Birth Place: | Yonkers, New York |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightin: | 2 |
| Weight: | 200 |
| Highschool: | Iona Prep (New Rochelle, New York) |
| Pastschools: | |
| Espn: | 4696065 |
Derek Robertson is an American football quarterback for the Monmouth Hawks. He previously played for the Maine Black Bears.
Robertson attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York.[1] As a junior, Robertson threw for 2,774 yards and 27 touchdowns.[2] As a senior, he threw for 2,556 yards and 31 touchdowns, before committing to play college football at the University of Maine.[3]
After playing sparingly in 2020, Robertson became Maine's starting quarterback following an injury to Joseph Fagnano in 2021.[4] [5] [6] In his first career start against Merrimack, he threw for 141 yards and a touchdown, leading Maine to a 31–26 victory.[7] Against William & Mary, Robertson completed 20 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns, being named the CAA Rookie of the Week.[8] Against Rhode Island, he threw for four touchdowns in a 45–24 victory.[9] He finished the season with 121 completions for 1,505 yards and 12 touchdowns before returning to his duties as backup when Fagnano returned from injury the following season.[10] Robertson was named the starting quarterback in 2023 following Fagnano's decision to transfer to UConn.[11] Against Stony Brook, Robertson threw for a then-career-high 394 yards and five touchdowns, before a three-touchdown performance against Long Island a couple of weeks later.[12] [13] The following week, he set a Maine school record for most passing yards in a single game, throwing for 503 yards in a 28–34 loss.[14] [15] He finished the season throwing for 2,897 yards and 25 touchdowns, before entering the transfer portal.[16]
On January 5, 2024, Robertson announced that he would be transferring to Monmouth University to play for the Monmouth Hawks.
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Maine Black Bears | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8 | – | – | – | – | |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | 4–3 | 121 | 238 | 50.8 | 1,506 | 6.3 | 12 | 4 | 117.3 | 19 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 2–9 | 256 | 402 | 63.7 | 2,897 | 7.2 | 25 | 13 | 138.3 | 28 | -101 | -3.6 | 0 | |
| Career | 21 | 18 | 6−12 | 381 | 645 | 59.1 | 4,431 | 6.9 | 37 | 17 | 130.4 | 47 | -97 | -2.1 | 0 | |