#51

Demeco Roland

Former defensive lineman at Southern Miss. 2024: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr. · #51

6′3″ · 340 lb · Broken Arrow, OK

CFB Index 45 · #162 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 75 nationally · Joined Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Southern Miss. 2024: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2022

Signed with Southern Miss3-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#75 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

2024

Reed Stringer

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #162 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles#1753 / 2892 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1999 / 2892 · 28th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.2
Road4g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #162 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #162 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	23	10	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2023	Southern Miss	21	4	3.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		44	14	7.0	1.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–10

vs SE Louisiana

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With B. Lofton — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Rodemaker — 179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7 · -4 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Kentucky	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-10vs SE Louisiana	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-49vs South Florida	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-23vs Louisiana	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 21-38@ UL Monroe	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-44vs Arkansas State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 3-37vs Marshall	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 3-58@ Texas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 20-52@ Troy	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		23	10	3.5	1.0	—	1

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

Demeco Roland

2022

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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