DeMeer Blankumsee

Former wide receiver at Memphis. 2024: 45 catches, 677 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Memphis · Sr.

5′10″ · 185 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 62 · #127 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMemphis 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 714 nationally · Signed with Winton Woods

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Memphis. 2024: 45 catches, 677 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Winton Woods in 2020.
Transferred from Toledo to Memphis in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Memphis, 2,255 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 142 yds at UTSA.UTSA · L 36-442024

2020

Recruited3-star out of Winton Woods

202313 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#714 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Ryan Silverfield

Memphis

Played his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2024Memphis11-2HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #127 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: epa / target (84th percentile). Concern: rush yards (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#77 / 610 · 87th pct

12.2%

EPA / target#97 / 610 · 84th pct

1.21

Yards / catch#121 / 610 · 80th pct

15.0

Explosive rate#193 / 610 · 68th pct

18.4%

Catch rate#255 / 610 · 58th pct

91.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#7 / 541 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Rec yards#124 / 541 · 77th pct

677

Receptions#147 / 541 · 72nd pct

Yards / catch#161 / 541 · 70th pct

15.0

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#282 / 299 · 5th pct

-4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 68th percentile

Catch rate

81st → 58th percentile

TD rate

75th → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

87th → 80th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	42.7	12.3	0.3
Road6g	3.3	63.0	16.7	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	48.3	14.4	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	56.5	14.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #127 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #127 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	45	677	15.0	6	--
2023	Memphis	53	901	17.0	7	--
2022	Toledo	41	512	12.5	3	--
2021	Toledo	16	165	10.3	1	--
Career		155	2,255	14.5	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	2	-4	--	--	--
2023	Memphis	2	15	--	--	--
2022	Toledo	--	--	1	--	--
2021	Toledo	1	15	84	8	--
Career		5	26	85	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 34–24

at Tulane

1 rec · 12 yds

With S. Henigan — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.2 · 10 rush yds (11 car) · M. Anderson — 177 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · North Texas · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.04Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 62 yds for a TD (Tristian Vandenberg KICK)
Week 1 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.86Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 89 yds to the WVU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.61Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 69 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 10 · UTSA · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 21 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 3 · Florida State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 17 yds to the FSU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · North Texas · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 20 yds to the UNT 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Florida · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 31 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 1 · North Alabama · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 35 yds to the UNA 19 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UAB · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 37 yds to the UAB 17 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 16 yds to the MTSU 18 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs North Alabama	3	46	15.3	0	35
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Troy	4	50	12.5	0	26
Wk 3	W 20-12@ Florida State	4	44	11.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 44-56@ Navy	2	20	10.0	0	13
Wk 5	W 24-7vs Middle Tennessee	2	18	9.0	0	16
Wk 7	W 21-3@ South Florida	3	40	13.3	1	31
Wk 8	W 52-44vs North Texas	6	96	16.0	1	62
Wk 9	W 33-28vs Charlotte	4	21	5.3	1	8
Wk 10	L 36-44@ UTSA	6	142	23.7	2	69	Season-high 142 yds
Wk 11	W 27-20vs Rice	4	25	6.3	0	13
Wk 12	W 53-18vs UAB	2	43	21.5	0	37
Wk 14	W 34-24@ Tulane	1	12	12.0	0	12
Bowl	W 42-37@ West Virginia	4	120	30.0	1	89
Total		45	677	14.3	6	89

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