Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024UAB
Colby Dempsey
CB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Colby Dempsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Colby Dempsey built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from West Palm Beach, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Colby Dempsey's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Colby Dempsey, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UAB. Colby Dempsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 21
Quick Answers
Colby Dempsey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · CB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · UAB
- High school pipeline
- St. Thomas Aquinas · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · CB 150th (top 34%) · American Athletic 186th (top 29%) · National 1,856th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 9 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 12 | 22 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | 49.4 |
Related Context
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Colby Dempsey played CB for UAB. Across 5 tracked seasons, Colby Dempsey recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UAB paired 13.5 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · UAB
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
22
Usage
3.2
Consistency
34.8
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Louisiana: 1. Georgia: 0. Tulane: 1. South Florida: 3. UTSA: 3. Memphis: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Navy: 0. Temple: 0. North Texas: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina A&T: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 2 by 18.3. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 3 by 22.5. South Florida: 2 by 38.3. UTSA: 10 by 71.7. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 6 by 45
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ North TexasSplash game | L 42-45 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Temple | W 34-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Navy | L 6-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 45-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Memphis | L 21-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | @ UTSA10+ tackles · Splash game | L 20-41 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs South FloridaSplash game | W 56-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Tulane | L 23-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Georgia | L 21-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Louisiana | L 21-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Georgia Southern | L 35-49 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 35-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Colby Dempsey story
Colby Dempsey built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from West Palm Beach, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Colby Dempsey's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 21 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with UAB. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Colby Dempsey's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UAB.
The arc is straightforward: Colby Dempsey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UAB
2020-2024
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Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 11 | 22 | 3.2 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 13.5 | 18.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 7 · L 20-41 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Charlotte
Week 14 · L 27-29 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.
#3
@ North Texas
Week 13 · L 42-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.
#4
vs South Florida
Week 6 · W 56-35 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 13 · W 40-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UAB
13.5 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 3.1 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · UAB
41.1
11 primary · 22 efficiency · 3.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UAB
36.8
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
8
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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