Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Clemson
DeMonte Capehart
DT • 6'5" • 315 lbs • Hartsville, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DeMonte Capehart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Player Story
DeMonte Capehart built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Hartsville, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of DeMonte Capehart's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 15
- Overall
- No. 155
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DeMonte Capehart, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Clemson. DeMonte Capehart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
DeMonte Capehart quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · DT
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Clemson
- Top game
- Georgia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · IMG Academy · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Ball · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 15 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DT 89th (top 39%) · ACC 266th (top 34%) · National 2,025th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 64.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Clemson | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Clemson | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Clemson | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 11 | 20 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32.7 |
Related Context
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DeMonte Capehart played DT for Clemson. Across 6 tracked seasons, DeMonte Capehart recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Clemson paired 3 primary output with 42.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Clemson
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
3
Efficiency
42.5
Usage
10.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
The Citadel
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All Games3 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
The Citadel
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs The Citadel
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Sat 9/19 | vs The CitadelSplash game | W 49-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DeMonte Capehart story
DeMonte Capehart built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Hartsville, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of DeMonte Capehart's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives DeMonte Capehart's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Clemson
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 3 | 42.5 | 10.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Clemson | 10 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 10 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Clemson | 4.5 | 16 | 3.4 | -5.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 4.5 | 16 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 7.5 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia Tech
Week 11 · W 42-21 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 2 · W 27-16
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
vs The Citadel
Week 3 · W 49-0
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 48-20
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Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 6 · W 29-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Clemson
3 primary output · 42.5 efficiency · 10.3 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Clemson
52.5
10 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Clemson
52.5
10 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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