Kadear Dembele
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
74
Average

Kadear Dembele

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsContender
DTDefenseAverage
2nd String / Backup

Is Kadear Dembele starting?

Kadear Dembele is listed 2nd string at DT for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Redshirt freshman · #55 · 6'2", 295 lbs

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Depth at DT · Wake Forest Demon Deacons

  1. 15291Dallas AfalavaStarter
  2. 25574Kadear DembeleYou
  3. 39165Lucas Smalls-Allen
  4. 49559Brandon Smiley

Wake Forest Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wake Forest

Wake Forest plays Merrimack at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of West Haven, ranked #987 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 74 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #987 NatlTeam Share0%
West Haven, CT
Jersey
#55
Class
RS FR
Height
6'2"
Weight
295 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
202540.50

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
0.8689
National Rank
#987
High School
West Haven
Hometown
West Haven, CT

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 36th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 74.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 36% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −6 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

Oct 10WNCSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-14

Oct 3WSTANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 57-3

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

Final W 30-27

Sep 18LMIATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-20

Sep 12WPURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-36 2OT

Kadear Dembele's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

4 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0 sacks
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