DeMarcco Hellams: DB · Alabama · #2.
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DeMarcco Hellams
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the Alabama secondary. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against LSU, Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Texas | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-7vs UL Monroe | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 55-3vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-26@ No. 20 Arkansas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20vs Texas A&M | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-52@ No. 6 Tennessee | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-6vs No. 24 Mississippi State | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 31-32@ No. 15 LSU | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-24@ No. 11 Ole Miss | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-0vs Austin Peay | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-27vs Auburn | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 95 | 59 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 30-6
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 12 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Mississippi State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%3 TFL95 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 48-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 9.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
49.4%
438 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
476 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
95 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #21 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 245 tackles — drafted at #224 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
