DeMarvin Leal: DL · Texas A&M · #8.
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DeMarvin Leal
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Texas A&M defensive front to date. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Kent State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 10-7vs Colorado | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-0vs New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-20vs No. 16 Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-26vs Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 41-38vs No. 1 Alabama | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 35-14@ Missouri | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-3vs No. 12 Auburn | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-29@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-3vs Prairie View A&M | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27@ LSU | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 27 | 12.5 | 8.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%12 TFLSack rate
15%8 sacksHurry rate
3%2 hurries58 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jimbo Fisher — 25-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimbo Fisher
Pass share
47.5%
370 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
64.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #14 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas A&M, 13 sacks, an All-American season (2021) — drafted at #84 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2021)
4 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jimbo Fisher.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 5th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 5th NFL season
