Demarcus Griffin-Taylor: DB · Louisiana Tech · #8.
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Demarcus Griffin-Taylor
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2024. On tape: 9 tackles against NC State, Week 3, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 53 | 30 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 17 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | Houston | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 88 | 53 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 25-17vs Nicholls | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-30@ NC State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Tulsa | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs Florida International | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-21vs Middle Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-33@ New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 14-10vs UTEP | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-9@ Sam Houston | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 37-44vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 12-7@ Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-35@ Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 33-0vs Kennesaw State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 6-27vs No. 19 Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 30 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL53 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
47.0%
414 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #318 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Houston and Louisiana Tech, 88 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dana Holgorsen and Sonny Cumbie.
