Senior cornerback on New Mexico State's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Humble, TX
The story
4 cornerback on New Mexico State's 2026 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDe'Marcus Peters
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The receipt: 5 tackles against Florida State — Week 1, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–14
vs Mercyhurst
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 37-point win at home against Mercyhurst.
With T. Washington Jr. — 43 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · T. Hedden — 253 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 36.8 · -7 rush yds (3 car)
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Florida State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Mercyhurst | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 19-29@ Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
New Mexico State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · New Mexico State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Amarian Williams’s 2024 season.
Matches Amarian on
Differs from Amarian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Georderrial Williams's freshman season at Tulsa (2024).
Matches Georderrial on
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