Demeco Kennedy
Louisville Cardinals
86
Great

Demeco Kennedy

Louisville CardinalsSolid
DTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Purdue
Projected Starter

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Demeco Kennedy is the projected starter at DT for Louisville Cardinals.

Junior · #2 · 6'3", 305 lbs

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Depth at DT · Louisville Cardinals

  1. 1286Demeco KennedyStarter
  2. 29667Tommy Ziesmer

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Frederick Douglass, ranked #1,053 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 22 tackles, 3 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 86 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,053 NatlTeam Share3%
Lexington, KY
Jersey
#2
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
305 lbs
Transfer
Purdue

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2231.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8658
National Rank
#1053
High School
Frederick Douglass
Hometown
Lexington, KY

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 74th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 86.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 74% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 9WFSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-20

Oct 3LNCSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-28

Sep 26LWAKETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-27

Sep 19WSMUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Demeco Kennedy's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

22 tkl · 3 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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