Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Memphis
DeMarco Ward
LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Duluth, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DeMarco Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida State • Memphis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Chattanooga
Player Story
DeMarco Ward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Duluth, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Florida State and Memphis. The clearest part of DeMarco Ward's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDeMarco Ward, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis. DeMarco Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
DeMarco Ward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Memphis · LB
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Memphis
- Top game
- Chattanooga
- High school pipeline
- Duluth · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 50 tackles · LB 287th (top 23%) · American Athletic 65th (top 11%) · National 605th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 5 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 10 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 56.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Memphis to Pittsburgh | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.1 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| 2025 | Florida State to Memphis | P4 to G5/FCS | 78.4 | Dec 24, 2024 |
DeMarco Ward played LB for Florida State and Memphis. Across 3 tracked seasons, DeMarco Ward recorded 59 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Memphis.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Memphis paired 6 primary output with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida State, Memphis.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Chattanooga
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Memphis
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
26.8
Usage
6.6
Consistency
44.4
Best Game by takeover score
Chattanooga
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Chattanooga: 2. Georgia State: 1. Troy: 0. Arkansas: 1. Florida Atlantic: 1. Tulsa: 0. UAB: 0. East Carolina: 0. Navy: 1
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 2 by 8.3. Chattanooga: 4 by 36.7. Georgia State: 6 by 35. Troy: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 3 by 22.5. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 47.5. Tulsa: 6 by 25. UAB: 6 by 25. East Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Chattanooga
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | @ NC State | L 7-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Navy | L 17-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ East Carolina | L 27-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UAB | L 24-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | vs Tulsa | W 45-7 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 55-26 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Arkansas | W 32-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Troy | W 28-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Georgia State | W 38-16 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs ChattanoogaSplash game | W 45-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DeMarco Ward story
DeMarco Ward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Duluth, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Florida State and Memphis. The clearest part of DeMarco Ward's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Memphis. 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 DeMarco Ward's production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida State and Memphis.
The arc is straightforward: DeMarco Ward 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Florida State
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Memphis
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 6 | 26.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 6 | 26.8 | 6.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Chattanooga
Week 1 · W 45-10
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 5 · W 55-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 46 Navy
Week 14 · L 17-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 133 Georgia State
Week 2 · W 38-16
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Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 53 Arkansas
Week 4 · W 32-31
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Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Memphis
6 primary output · 26.8 efficiency · 6.6 usage
56.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Memphis
56.6
6 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 6.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
9.6
0.5 primary · 8.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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