Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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DeMarius Hines
Junior defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 194 lb · Atlanta, GA · Westlake
Returning to East Carolina for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 2316 nationally · Signed with East Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2024.
DeMarius Hines
DeMarius Hines has been at East Carolina through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against App State, Week 2, 2026.
9 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Westlake
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
East Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
East Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 4.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
East Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · East Carolina
Returning around him
- 1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (24 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #94
Background
Sophomore in the classroom … Earned first varsity letter in 2024 … Appeared in 12 games booking six tackles (one solo) … Verbally committed to East Carolina on June 24, 2023 and signed in December of 2024. 2025 (East Carolina): Did not experience any game action due to preseason injury that kept...
The secondary · East Carolina
- #3Zyeir Gamble72 tackles · 2025
- #13Ayden Duncanson33 tackles · 2025
- #4Kevon Merrell27 tackles · 2025
- #8Kamaurri McKinley24 tackles · 2025
- #6DeMarius Hines2 games · 2026
20 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology