Demond Tucker: DL · Iowa State · #97.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Demond Tucker
Wins the gap play after play. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Kansas, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Iowa State | 45 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 45 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-25vs Northern Iowa | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-42@ No. 16 Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-10vs San José State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 42-45vs No. 13 Baylor | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-27@ Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-31vs Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-34vs No. 12 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Kansas | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-10vs Texas Tech | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-49vs No. 19 West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 12 · 2016
W 66-10
vs Texas Tech
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 1 hurry
Dominant 56-point win at home against Texas Tech.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
7%3 hurries45 tackles · 4 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
46.9%
398 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
70.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
45 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Iowa State — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
