Player Profile

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.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

11.8

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

14.2

Career Arc

Season-by-season value trend

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Quick Facts

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Primary stop by seasons
Buffalo
Best season by value score
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Peak game by takeover score
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Demetrius Ballard, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo. Demetrius Ballard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.

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.

Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

11.8

Usage

4.1

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Unknown: 1. Kent State: 0. UConn: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 2. Ohio: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 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

Wins0.7 · n=3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=4 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=4 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=4 · +0.5 vs First Half

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 11/28vs OhioL 26-31100.500.500
Sat 11/1@ Bowling GreenW 28-321110
Sat 10/25vs AkronL 16-2410000
Sat 10/4vs Eastern MichiganW 31-3041000
Sat 9/27vs UConnL 17-2010000
Sat 9/13@ Kent StateW 31-2810000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown21100
Fri 8/29@ MinnesotaL 10-2310000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Buffalo

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo0
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo411.84.14

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Bowling Green

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.4 takeover score.

#2

Ohio

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.1 takeover score.

#4

Eastern Michigan

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.2 takeover score.

#5

UConn

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

4 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 4.1 usage

14.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

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Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

13

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 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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Quick Answers

Demetrius Ballard quick answers

Position
DE
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
13