Former defensive back at South Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′1″ · 219 lb · Blythewood, SC
The story
Former defensive back at South Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKing-Demenian Ford
Third year in the South Carolina secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles against Kentucky — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 6 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shane Beamer.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Shane Beamer — 24-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | South Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-6@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 35-9@ Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-12vs Wofford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 17-21@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |