Demarcus Gardner
Kentucky Wildcats
60
Depth

Demarcus Gardner

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RCBDefenseDepth
3rd String

Is Demarcus Gardner starting?

Demarcus Gardner is listed 3rd string at RCB for Kentucky Wildcats.

Redshirt freshman · #28 · 6'0", 177 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Kentucky Wildcats

  1. 12090Terhyon NicholsStarter
  2. 22768Isaiah McMillian
  3. 32860Demarcus GardnerYou

Kentucky Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

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Up next for Kentucky

Kentucky plays Tennessee away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 06:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Cedartown, ranked #571 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 2 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 60 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #571 NatlTeam Share0%
Cedartown, GA
Jersey
#28
Class
RS FR
Height
6'0"
Weight
177 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025200

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8839
National Rank
#571
High School
Cedartown
Hometown
Cedartown, GA

Why this rating?

On a 86-rated defense; 11th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them -14 vs unit starters → 60.

Team defense (SP+)
86
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 11% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-14 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 26WUSATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-21

Sep 12LALATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-17

Demarcus Gardner's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

2 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
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