Colby Dempsey

Former cornerback at UAB. 2024: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 22 tackles.

CB · UAB · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 180 lb · West Palm Beach, FL

CFB Index 67 · #87 of 327 cornersLow confidenceUAB 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1844 nationally · Signed with UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at UAB. 2024: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UAB, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with UAB3-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1844 national

CFB

College

UAB

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023–2024

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #87 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#11 / 2892 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.2
Road6g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.2	0.0	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #87 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #87 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UAB	22	15	1.5	11	1	--
2023	UAB	37	24	1.0	9	1	--
2022	UAB	12	11	0.0	1	--	--
2021	UAB	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	51	2.5	21	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–3

vs Alcorn State

1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 1 INT

Dominant 38-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With J. Zeno — 215 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.4 · 37 rush yds (5 car) · K. Shanks — 6 rec · 73 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-3vs Alcorn State	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 6-32@ UL Monroe	3	0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 3	L 27-37@ Arkansas	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 18-41vs Navy	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-71vs Tulane	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-44@ Army	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 25-35@ South Florida	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 59-21vs Tulsa	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 23-31vs UConn	1	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	L 18-53@ Memphis	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 40-14vs Rice	2	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 14	L 27-29@ Charlotte	1	1	1.0	—	1
Total		22	15	1.5	1	11

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Colby Dempsey

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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