#21

Demetrius Monday

Cornerback for Kent State. 2017: 5 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 22 tackles.

CB · Kent State · #21

5′10″ · 205 lb · Douglasville, GA

Kent State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1310 nationally · Signed with Kent State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 cornerback for Kent State. 2017: 5 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kent State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kent State, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Kent State3-star out of Pebblebrook

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1310 national

CFB

College

Kent State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Paul Haynes

Kent State

Played his entire career under Paul Haynes.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Paul Haynes — 10-37 over that span.

2014Kent State2-9HC: Paul Haynes · Pass-leaning

2015Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-leaning

2016Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

2017Kent State2-10HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#11 / 795 · 98th pct

Passes defended#376 / 2682 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#1313 / 2682 · 50th pct

Tackles#1755 / 2682 · 33rd pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+3g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Kent State	22	18	0.0	0.0	4	5	--
2016	Kent State	18	15	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2015	Kent State	--	--	--	--	--	6	--
2014	Kent State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		40	33	0.0	0.0	6	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 38–31

vs Howard

2 SOLO · 3 TOT · 1 INT

Edged out Howard at home in a shootout.

With N. Holley — 105 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.0 · 119 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · D. Adams — 40 AVG · 54 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week