Demie Sumo

Former running back at Kentucky. 2024: 586 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 20 catches.

RB · Kentucky · Sr.

6′0″ · 210 lb · Willingboro, NJ

CFB Index 50 · #132 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceKentucky 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1157 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Kentucky. 2024: 586 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 20 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kentucky, 1,030 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 98 yds vs Georgia.Georgia · L 12-132024

2021

Signed with NC State3-star out of Willingboro

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1157 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #132 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (81st percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#82 / 442 · 81st pct

52.8%

TD rate#271 / 442 · 39th pct

3.9%

EPA / carry#329 / 442 · 26th pct

0.07

Yards / carry#330 / 442 · 25th pct

4.5

Explosive rate#405 / 442 · 8th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Receptions#74 / 330 · 77th pct

Rec yards#83 / 330 · 75th pct

154

Carries#112 / 335 · 67th pct

129

Rush yards#138 / 335 · 59th pct

586

Rush TDs#128 / 335 · 59th pct

Yards / carry#231 / 335 · 29th pct

4.5

Long run#288 / 335 · 13th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

127 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

34%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	61.7	4.8	0.7
Road4g	38.5	4.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	63.3	4.9	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	41.2	4.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #132 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #132 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kentucky	129	586	4.5	5	--
2023	Kentucky	20	139	7.0	1	--
2022	NC State	55	305	5.5	3	--
2021	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		204	1,030	5.0	9	--

Season	Team
2024	Kentucky	20	154	7.7	0	--
2023	Kentucky	14	69	4.9	1	--
2022	NC State	12	148	12.3	1	--
2021	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		46	371	8.1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 20–17

at Ole Miss

47 rush yds (11 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With B. Vandagriff — 243 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.3 · 3 rush yds (17 car) · A. Laros — 42 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Florida · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.20Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for no gain to the FLA 2
Week 10 · Tennessee · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for 13 yds to the UK 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.01Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for 22 yds to the USM 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Georgia · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for 12 yds to the UK 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Florida · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.91Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for 15 yds to the UK 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Florida · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Brock Vandagriff pass complete to Demie Sumo-Karngbaye for 11 yds to the FLA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Ole Miss · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for 2 yds to the MISS 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.55Demie Sumo-Karngbaye run for a loss of 2 yards to the UK 40
Week 4 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.53Brock Vandagriff pass complete to Demie Sumo-Karngbaye for 17 yds to the OHIO 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Brock Vandagriff pass complete to Demie Sumo-Karngbaye for 18 yds to the UK 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0vs Southern Miss	8	59	7.4	1	22
Wk 2	L 6-31vs South Carolina	17	70	4.1	0	11
Wk 3	L 12-13vs Georgia	22	98	4.5	0	12	Season-high 98 yds
Wk 4	W 41-6vs Ohio	12	47	3.9	2	9
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Ole Miss	11	47	4.3	0	14
Wk 7	L 13-20vs Vanderbilt	12	59	4.9	1	9
Wk 8	L 20-48@ Florida	10	39	3.9	0	15
Wk 10	L 18-28@ Tennessee	6	38	6.3	0	15
Wk 12	W 48-6vs Murray State	11	48	4.4	1	10
Wk 13	L 14-31@ Texas	9	30	3.3	0	6
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Louisville	11	51	4.6	0	14
Total		129	586	4.7	5	22

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

127Carries

576Yards

13.9%Top-5 share

15.0%Stuffed rate

Just 13.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.0% of his carries. 9 carries for 30 yds vs Texas; 22 for 98 vs Georgia.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

8/123rd/4th & short

7/17Inside-5 share

8 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (66.7%). 7 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (41.2%).