Player Dossier

2021-2024

Kentucky

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye

RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Willingboro, NJ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State • Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Willingboro, NJ, spending time with Kentucky and NC State. The clearest part of Demie Sumo-Karngbaye's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8467

Grayson · Loganville, GA

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kentucky. Demie Sumo-Karngbaye leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,401
Rushing yards
1,030
Receiving yards
371
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,401
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 32 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Grayson · NC State
High school pipeline
Grayson · 80 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
740 scrimmage yards · RB 126th (top 18%) · SEC 35th (top 11%) · National 252nd (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNC State2000050
2022 Regular SeasonNC State8453305148454.2
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky1120813969232.7
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky11740586154575.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023NC State to KentuckyP4 to P484Apr 27, 2023

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye played RB for NC State and Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Demie Sumo-Karngbaye recorded 1,030 rushing yards, 371 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 740 primary output with 50.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

67.3

Efficiency

50.6

Usage

26.3

Consistency

76.9

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 59. South Carolina: 73. Georgia: 110. Ohio: 85. Ole Miss: 53. Vanderbilt: 90. Florida: 57. Tennessee: 49. Murray State: 71. Texas: 39. Louisville: 54

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. Southern Miss: 8 by 76.8. South Carolina: 18 by 42.6. Georgia: 24 by 46.9. Ohio: 15 by 48.1. Ole Miss: 12 by 45.1. Vanderbilt: 15 by 55.7. Florida: 12 by 44.2. Tennessee: 8 by 65.1. Murray State: 15 by 47. Texas: 10 by 37.1. Louisville: 12 by 47.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins67 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses67.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

76.8 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 11/30vs LouisvilleL 14-4111514.600134.5
Sat 11/23@ TexasL 14-319303.300193.9
Sat 11/16vs Murray StateW 48-611484.4014234.7
Sat 11/2@ TennesseeL 18-286386.3002116.1
Sat 10/19@ FloridaL 20-4810393.9002184.8
Sat 10/12vs VanderbiltL 13-2012594.9013316
Sat 9/28@ Ole MissW 20-1711474.300164.4
Sat 9/21vs Ohio2+ TDW 41-612473.9023385.7
Sat 9/14vs GeorgiaL 12-1322984.5002124.6
Sat 9/7vs South CarolinaL 6-3117704.100134.1
Sat 8/31vs Southern MissW 31-08597.4017.4

Player Story

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye story

Demie Sumo-Karngbaye built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Willingboro, NJ, spending time with Kentucky and NC State. The clearest part of Demie Sumo-Karngbaye's career was his backfield work: 1,030 rushing yards, 204 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 371 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 371 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 117 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Demie Sumo-Karngbaye'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.

  1. 1

    NC State

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNC State00
2022 Regular SeasonNC State45352.315.5453
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky20849.67.2-245
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky74050.626.3532

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas Tech

Week 3 · W 27-14

Win with 147 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

85.1 takeover

147 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.

#2

vs Georgia

Week 3 · L 12-13 · Conference game

110

Scrimmage Yards

82.3 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

110 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.

#3

vs Vanderbilt

Week 7 · L 13-20 · Conference game

90

Scrimmage Yards

77.5 takeover

Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

90 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#4

vs Akron

Week 3 · W 35-3

58

Scrimmage Yards

76.7 takeover

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.

#5

vs South Carolina

Week 2 · L 6-31 · Conference game

73

Scrimmage Yards

69.3 takeover

Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

740 primary output · 50.6 efficiency · 26.3 usage

75.6

#2

2022 Regular Season · NC State

54.2

453 primary · 52.3 efficiency · 15.5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · NC State

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games