Demarcus Lacey is a wide receiver at Marshall who has not played in Marshall's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Marshall lists 24 receivers this season.
Marshall is 5-3. Next: at Georgia Southern, Sat Nov 7.
Lacey wins underneath on volume and route precision. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Rich Rodriguez and Tony Gibson. First career honor, 2025: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 146 receiving yards and 11 rushing yards against Louisiana — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
12 of 16 caught on third down (75.0%) — EPA/target 1.20 vs 0.58 elsewhere (9 conversions).
Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | 65 | 769 | 11.8 | 5 | 68 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Career | 73 | 853 | 11.7 | 5 | 68 |
| Season | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | 19 | 157 | 218 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 13 | -- |
| Career | 24 | 170 | 218 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ No. 5 Georgia | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 1 | 68 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 2 | 35 | Season-high 146 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ App State | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 0 | 38 | 134-yard receiving day |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 34 | |
| Total | 65 | 769 | 11.8 | 5 | 68 |
Week 7 · 2025
W 48-24
vs Old Dominion
8 rec · 121 yds · 1 TD · 14 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.
With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
9029% of team targetsCatch rate
70%63 of 90 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
70% catch rate on 90 targets · 29% of the team's targets · 20% catch rate on 5 deep targets (20+ air yds).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 49.8 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 78.3 | 11.2 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 66.0 | 11.5 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 62.2 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
362 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #49 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #6 of 51 Sun Belt WRs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›
The No. 1,230 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Sun Belt.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez and Tony Gibson.
