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DeMonte Capehart

Former defensive tackle at Clemson. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DT · Clemson · Sr. · #19

6′5″ · 315 lb · Hartsville, SC

CFB Index 64 · #101 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceDrafted by Tampa Bay — Rd 5, Pick 15, #155 overall

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

2.5 TFL · 20 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Troy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Clemson. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2020.
Drafted round 5 by the Tampa Bay in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Clemson, 66 tackles — drafted at #155 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

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

2020

Signed with Clemson4-star out of IMG Academy

2026

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 5, pick 155

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#34 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2020–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #155

Tampa Bay · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2020–2025

1 coach

2020

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

2022–2025

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season

#155Rd 5 · Pick 15

Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 47-19 over that span.

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #101 of 330?

Low confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Tackles#1998 / 2975 · 32nd 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.3
Road4g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #101 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #101 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Clemson	20	12	2.5	1.0	2	--	--
2024	Clemson	20	11	1.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Clemson	14	11	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Clemson	9	5	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Clemson	3	2	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		66	41	12.0	3.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 20–19

at Louisville

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With J. Smith — -13 rush yds (1 car) · C. Klubnik — 187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.6 · -6 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs LSU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Troy	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	L 21-34vs Syracuse	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 38-10@ North Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-10@ Boston College	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-35vs SMU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 45-46vs Duke	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Florida State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 20-19@ Louisville	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-10vs Furman	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		20	12	2.5	1.0	—	2

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

DeMonte Capehart

2020

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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