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Player Dossier
2023-2025Lamar
DB • 5'11" • 198 lbs • Ferris, TX, USA
Demarcus Rankin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.
Usage / Role
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Impact Production
23
Developing production for a defensive back
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Lamar
Snapshot
Player Story
Demarcus Rankin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Ferris, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Lamar and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Demarcus Rankin's career was his...
Read the storyDemarcus Rankin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Lamar. Demarcus Rankin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 8 | 15 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Lamar | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 74.2 |
Related Context
Demarcus Rankin played DB for Wake Forest and Lamar. Across 3 tracked seasons, Demarcus Rankin recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wake Forest.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Lamar paired 1 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, Lamar.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
22.5
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs North Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Sun 8/31 | @ North Texas | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Demarcus Rankin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Ferris, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Lamar and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Demarcus Rankin's career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Demarcus Rankin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
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Wake Forest
2023-2024
Opening stop
Lamar
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 9.1 | 1.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0.5 | 8.8 | 1.9 | -0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Lamar | 1 | 22.5 | — | 0.5 |
#1 Featured game
@ No. 22 North Texas
Week 1 · Ranked opponent
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
61.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Elon
Week 1 · W 37-17
1
Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
#3
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 1 · W 45-13
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 8 · W 21-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Vanderbilt
Week 2 · W 36-20
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Lamar
1 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · — usage
74.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
32
1 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
31
0.5 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 1.9 usage
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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