Player Dossier

2024-2025

Purdue

Demeco Kennedy

DL • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Lexington, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Demeco Kennedy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.8

Efficiency

12.4

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

11.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Demeco Kennedy, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue. Demeco Kennedy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Purdue paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

3.8

Consistency

9.1

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. Ball State: 0. USC: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Illinois: 2. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0.5. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. Indiana: 0

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. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. USC: 1 by 24.2. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 4 by 36.7. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 6 by 30. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Losses0.5 · Games = 10
First Half0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs First Half
All Games0.4 · Games = 11

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Illinois

Result
Sat 11/29vs IndianaL 3-5611000
Sun 11/16@ WashingtonL 13-4922000
Sat 11/8vs Ohio StateL 10-3410000
Sat 11/1@ MichiganL 16-2110000
Sat 10/25vs RutgersL 24-2711000
Sat 10/18@ NorthwesternL 0-19610.5000
Sat 10/11@ MinnesotaL 20-2720000
Sat 10/4vs IllinoisL 27-43411.500.500
Sat 9/20@ Notre DameL 30-5610000
Sat 9/13vs USCL 17-3311110
Sat 8/30vs Ball StateW 31-022000

Career Arc

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

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    Purdue

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue06.31.2
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue4.512.43.84.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Illinois

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#2

USC

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.4 takeover score.

#3

Northwestern

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.8 takeover score.

#4

Washington

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#5

Minnesota

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

35.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Purdue

11.2

4.5 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8658

Frederick Douglass · Lexington, KY

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

28

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
28