Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Buffalo
Demetrius Ballard
DE • 6'6" • 256 lbs • New Kensington, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Demetrius Ballard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Demetrius Ballard built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from New Kensington, PA wearing No. 13, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Demetrius Ballard's career was his...
Read the storyDemetrius Ballard, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo. Demetrius Ballard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Demetrius Ballard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DE
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DE 142nd (top 50%) · Mid-American 241st (top 42%) · National 2,583rd (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 8 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
Related Context
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Demetrius Ballard played DE for Buffalo. Across 2 tracked seasons, Demetrius Ballard recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 4 primary output with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
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 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
11.8
Usage
3.4
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. St. Francis (PA): 1. Kent State: 0. UConn: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 2. Ohio: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. St. Francis (PA): 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 28.3. Ohio: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ohio | L 26-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Bowling GreenSplash game | W 28-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Akron | L 16-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 31-30 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UConn | L 17-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Kent State | W 31-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs St. Francis (PA) | W 45-6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Minnesota | L 10-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Demetrius Ballard story
Demetrius Ballard built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from New Kensington, PA wearing No. 13, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Demetrius Ballard's career was his defensive production: 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Demetrius Ballard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Buffalo
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 10 · W 28-3 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 84 Ohio
Week 14 · L 26-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#3
vs St. Francis (PA)
Week 2 · W 45-6
1
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 6 · W 31-30 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 53 UConn
Week 5 · L 17-20
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
4 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
38.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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