Kenny Demens
Outside linebacker | |||
Personal information | |||
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Born: | February 4, 1990 | ||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan) | ||
College: | Michigan | ||
Undrafted: | 2013 | ||
Career history | |||
Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Kenny Demens (born February 4, 1990) is a former
Early years
Demens began playing football as an 8-year-old in Southfield, Michigan and attended Ron Rice's football camp for a few years as a youth.[1]
Detroit Country Day reached the 2007 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 State Championship game at Ford Field.[2] Demens recorded 11 tackles in the game.[3] Demens was close friends with classmate Jonas Gray.[4] Demens was regarded as the 23rd, 23rd and 35th best high school football linebacker in the country as a senior by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com, respectively.[5][6][7] Rivals also ranked him as the eighth best high school football player in the state of Michigan.[6]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Kenny Demens LB |
Detroit, Michigan | Detroit Country Day (MI) | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 224.5 lb (101.8 kg) | 4.6 | Sep 29, 2007 |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 23 (LB) Rivals: 23 (LB), 8 (MI) ESPN: 35 (LB) | ||||||
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College
Demens saw action as a true freshman in three games under first-year head coach Rich Rodriguez for the 2008 Wolverines.[8][9]
Demens became a starter in the October 16 game against Iowa,[3] and by the end of the season he recorded 10 tackles or more four times.[9][10] He posted 12 tackles (5 solo and 7 assists) against Penn State on October 30, 10 tackles (5 solo and 5 assists) against Illinois on November 6, a career-high 13 (5 solo and 8 assists) against Wisconsin on November 20, and a career-high-tying 13 tackles (9 solo and 4 assists) against Mississippi State in the January 1, 2011 Gator Bowl.[9]
Under new first-year head coach Brady Hoke, Demens led the 2011 Wolverines in tackles and recorded his first three (2 solo and 2 assists) quarterback sacks.[9][11] His solo sacks came against Northwestern on October 8 and Illinois on November 12.[9][12][13] He recorded ten or more tackles three times.[14] He posted 12 tackles (8 solo and 4 assists) in the rivalry game against Notre Dame on September 10 in the first night game played at Michigan Stadium,[15] 10 tackles (5 solo and 5 assists) against Northwestern on October 8 and 11 tackles (3 solo and 8 assists) against Iowa on November 5.[9] He was an honorable mention 2011 All-Big Ten Conference selection by both the coaches and the media for the 2011 team.[16][17] Demens led the team and finished among the conference leaders in tackles/game (7.2, t-13th).[18]
In 2012, he finished second on the team to Jake Ryan in tackles. He concluded his career with 51 straight games played including 33 starts.[1]
Professional career
On April 29, 2013, following the
Personal life
He has a younger brother named Koreal.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Birkett, Dave (April 18, 2013). "Demens: A Shot at the NFL". Detroit Free Press. p. C4. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Football Yearly Champions 1975-2011". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ CBS Interactive. September 6, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ Weinfuss, Josh (November 21, 2014). "Kenny Demens still celebrating for HS best friend Jonas Gray". ESPN. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Kenny Demens". Scout.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Kenny Demens". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Kenny Demens". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- CBS Interactive. September 6, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Team: Michigan: Year: 2011 Thru 11/26/11: Player: Kenny Demens". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Kenny Demens Game By Game Stats (2010)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Michigan (10 - 2)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "(12) Michigan 42 (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten); Northwestern 24 (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten)". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "(24) Michigan 31 (8-2, 4-2 Big Ten);Illinois 14 (6-4, 2-4 Big Ten)". ESPN. November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Kenny Demens Game By Game Stats (2011)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Michigan scores with 2 seconds left, stuns Irish". ESPN. September 10, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- CBS Interactive. November 28, 2011. Archived from the originalon December 1, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- CBS Interactive. November 28, 2011. Archived from the originalon November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- CBS Interactive. Archived from the originalon December 3, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ "Kenny Demens Inside Linebacker". Sportrac.coms. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^ "Cardinals release Adam Snyder, sign 16 undrafted free agents". NBC Sports. April 29, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^ "Packers GM sorry about Vince Young". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Associated Press. September 2, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
- ^ Weinfuss, Josh (September 4, 2013). "Flush the Pocket: Cards fill practice squad". ESPN. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ "2014 Arizona Cardinals Roster". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "Arizona Cardinals 25: 14 New York Giants: Play-by-Play". ESPN. September 14, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ Weinfuss, Josh (October 12, 2015). "Cardinals lose LB Kenny Demens for season with ACL injury". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ London, Jack (September 1, 2016). "Cardinals throwback Thursday: September 1". USA Today. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ "Kenny Demens". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
External links
- Demens @ NCAA.org
- Demens @ CBS Sports
- Demens Michigan Bio
- Demens @ ESPN