Player Dossier

2018-2022

Maryland

Dontay Demus Jr.

WR • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Washington, DC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Dontay Demus Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

86

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

82

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Dontay Demus Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Washington, DC wearing No. 7, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Dontay Demus Jr.'s career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8581

Friendship Academy · Washington, DC

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Dontay Demus Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Maryland. Dontay Demus Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,008
Receptions
128
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Dontay Demus Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Maryland · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,008
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Friendship Academy · Maryland
High school pipeline
Friendship Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2022 Receiving yards rank
233 receiving yards · WR 438th (top 42%) · Big Ten 61st (top 27%) · National 561st (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMaryland713278056.3
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland1241625676.1
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland524365476
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland528507379.9
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland1122233143.9

Related Context

Dontay Demus Jr. played WR for Maryland. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dontay Demus Jr. recorded 4 rushing yards, 2,008 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Maryland paired 507 primary output with 92.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 92 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

73

Efficiency

92

Usage

24.9

Consistency

70.6

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 41. Minnesota: 101. Penn State: 86. Indiana: 114. Rutgers: 23

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 4 by 68.3. Minnesota: 7 by 96.2. Penn State: 6 by 95.6. Indiana: 6 by 100. Rutgers: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins93.5 · Games = 2 · +34.2 vs Losses
Losses59.3 · Games = 3 · -34.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

100 vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 12/12vs RutgersL 24-271232323123
Sat 11/28@ Indiana100 receiving yardsL 11-2761141919143
Sat 11/7@ Penn StateW 35-1968614.314.30134
Fri 10/30vs Minnesota100 receiving yardsW 45-44710114.414.40125
Sat 10/24@ NorthwesternL 3-4344110.310.30019

Player Story

Dontay Demus Jr. story

Dontay Demus Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Washington, DC wearing No. 7, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Dontay Demus Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 128 catches, 2,008 receiving yards, 14 touchdowns, and 4 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 rushing yards, 4 tackles, and 95 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dontay Demus Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Maryland

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMaryland2787316.2
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland62580.323347
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland3659224.9-260
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland50792.820.4142
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland23364.88.4-274

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 13 · L 11-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

114

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

114 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Indiana

Week 11 · L 32-34 · Conference game

98

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Michigan State

Week 14 · L 16-19 · Conference game

96

Receiving Yards

94.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

96 receiving yards with a 91.4 efficiency score.

#4

vs West Virginia

Week 1 · W 30-24

133

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

133 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 8 · L 28-34 · Conference game

82

Receiving Yards

92 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Maryland

507 primary output · 92.8 efficiency · 20.4 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Maryland

76.1

625 primary · 80.3 efficiency · 23 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Maryland

76

365 primary · 92 efficiency · 24.9 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games