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Demarcus Hendricks

Senior defensive end for Arkansas State. 2025: 8.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 53 tackles.

DE · Arkansas State · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 246 lb · San Antonio, TX

CFB Index 90 · #15 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Arkansas State for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Sacks: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

8.5

sacks · 2025

13.5 TFL · 53 tackles · 7 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 7 tackles, at Troy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Arkansas State. 2025: 8.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 53 tackles.

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

His career, year by year

Demarcus Hendricks

DE · Arkansas State · Sr · #10

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Kennesaw State, Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-Conference level #15 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#25 / 2975 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#36 / 2975 · 99th pct

13.5

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Tackles#525 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	1.1	0.7	0.0
Road6g	5.0	1.0	0.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	1.6	1.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #15 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #15 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #2 of 17 Sun Belt DEs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas State	53	19	13.5	8.5	1	--	--
Career		53	19	13.5	8.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 42–24

vs Southeast Missouri State

2 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SOLO

With J. Raynor — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · J. Waller — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 2	L 14-56@ Arkansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 16-24vs Iowa State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-28@ Kennesaw State	6	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 16-28@ UL Monroe	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Texas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 15-14@ South Alabama	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-24vs Georgia Southern	7	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 23-10@ Troy	7	1	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 11	L 21-27vs Southern Miss	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 30-34vs Louisiana	5	2	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	W 30-29@ App State	7	3	2.0	0.5	—	0
Bowl	W 34-28vs Missouri State	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0
Total		53	19	13.5	8.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

53Tackles

19Solo

13.5TFL

8.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

53 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 TFL.

Week 12 sacks
Week 81 sack
Week 92 sacks
Week 102 sacks · 1 PD
Week 131 sack
Week 140.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Arkansas State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -12 net (25 in / 37 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #91 · 2026 recruiting class #85

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Josaiah Stewart’s 2023 season.

Josaiah Stewart

86%match

Michigan · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 26

Uchenna Ezewike

Massachusetts · 2022

84%

Joe Evans

Iowa · 2022

All-Big Ten

83%

Donovan Ezeiruaku

Boston College · 2024

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 12

83%

Matches Josaiah on

Sack rate

Hurry rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Gabe Peterson's freshman season at New Mexico State (2022).

Gabe Peterson

86%match

New Mexico State · 2022

Finn Claypool

Fresno State · 2025

All-Mountain West

86%

Vince Sanford

Air Force · 2021

All-Mountain West

83%

Nelson Paul

SMU · 2020

80%

Elijah Herring

Tennessee · 2022

79%

Matches Gabe on

Height

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Gabe on

Class year (higher)

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

2020

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End