Demetres Samuel Jr.
Demetres Samuel Jr.
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Syracuse | 37 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 66–24
vs Colgate
1 rec · 10 yds
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
How he plays
Play style
Erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Syracuse
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (19 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #35
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Deonte Banks’s 2022 season.
Matches Deonte on
Differs from Deonte on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to E'zaiah Shine's freshman season at Tulane (2025).
Matches E'zaiah on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #12164
Peaked at #12164 this season.
Background
Freshman Year (2025): Finished fourth in ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year voting after breakout freshman campaign ... Named one of ESPN.com's top-20 freshmen in the country ... Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist ... Had the third-most pass breakups (9) of any true fresh...