Player Dossier

2013-2016

Florida State

DeMarcus Walker

DE • 6'4" • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DeMarcus Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

98%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

96

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

DeMarcus Walker built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 44, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of DeMarcus Walker's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.9829

Sandalwood · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 19
Overall
No. 51
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

DeMarcus Walker, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Florida State. DeMarcus Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
20.5
Sacks
16
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

DeMarcus Walker quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · DE
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Florida State
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
4-star · Sandalwood · Florida State
High school pipeline
Sandalwood · 34 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 2 · Pick 19 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
No. 44 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
67 tackles · DE 5th (top 2%) · ACC 41st (top 7%) · National 366th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida State00-0--0-
2015 PostseasonFlorida State10-0--040.8
2016 PostseasonFlorida State13441--078
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State136316.51542078

Related Context

DeMarcus Walker played DE for Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DeMarcus Walker recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Florida State paired 42.5 primary output with 51.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 51.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Postseason · Florida State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

3.3

Efficiency

51.1

Usage

16.5

Consistency

61.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 5. Ole Miss: 9. Charleston Southern: 0. Louisville: 0. South Florida: 2. North Carolina: 3. Miami: 1.5. Wake Forest: 4. Clemson: 3. NC State: 4. Boston College: 2. Syracuse: 4. Florida: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 4 by 66.7. Ole Miss: 6 by 75. Charleston Southern: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 7 by 29.2. South Florida: 2 by 28.3. North Carolina: 6 by 55. Miami: 2 by 23.3. Wake Forest: 6 by 65. Clemson: 10 by 71.7. NC State: 10 by 81.7. Boston College: 3 by 32.5. Syracuse: 4 by 56.7. Florida: 5 by 70.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.6 · Games = 10 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 3 · -1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs NC State

Result
Sat 12/31vs MichiganSplash gameW 33-3244410
Sun 11/27vs Florida2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-1355220
Sat 11/19@ Syracuse2+ sacks · Splash gameW 45-1444220
Sat 11/12vs Boston CollegeSplash gameW 45-7311.500.500
Sat 11/5@ NC State10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 24-20108220
Sun 10/30vs Clemson10+ tackles · Splash gameL 34-37103002
Sat 10/15vs Wake Forest2+ sacks · Splash gameW 17-664220
Sun 10/9@ MiamiW 20-19210.5000
Sat 10/1vs North CarolinaSplash gameL 35-3763110
Sat 9/24@ South FloridaSplash gameW 55-3522110
Sat 9/17@ LouisvilleL 20-6374000
Sat 9/10vs Charleston SouthernW 52-821000
Tue 9/6vs Ole Miss2+ sacks · Splash gameW 45-34654.504.500

Player Story

DeMarcus Walker story

DeMarcus Walker built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 44, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of DeMarcus Walker's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives DeMarcus Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida State

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida State0
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida State00
2015 PostseasonFlorida State1201
2016 PostseasonFlorida State42.551.116.541.5
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State42.551.116.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ole Miss

Week 1 · W 45-34

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

9 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida

Week 13 · W 31-13

5

Havoc Plays

75.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.

#3

@ NC State

Week 10 · W 24-20 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

75.4 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan

Week 1 · W 33-32 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

74.1 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Wake Forest

Week 7 · W 17-6 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

69.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Florida State

42.5 primary output · 51.1 efficiency · 16.5 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Florida State

78

42.5 primary · 51.1 efficiency · 16.5 usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Florida State

40.8

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

10

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games