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Demarcus Gardner

Kentucky · Safety · 2025

TKL
2
INT
0
PD
0

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

In 2025, Gardner recorded 2 tackles.

In 17-0 that career earns a 63 overall, the 17th-highest safety rating at Kentucky since 1990 and No. 126 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Demarcus Gardner season-by-season statistics at Kentucky
SeasonTkl
20252

Seasons with tracked stats at Kentucky. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Kentucky Teammates

  1. 71Ty Bryant2023-25S
  2. 68Daveren Rayner2023-25LB
  3. 68Kendrick Law2025WR
  4. 67Alex Afari Jr.2022-25LB
  5. 67Seth McGowan2025RB
  6. 66J.Q. Hardaway2023-25CB
  7. 66Cutter Boley2024-25QB
  8. 64Antwan Smith2024-25LB
  9. 64Dante Dowdell2025RB
  10. 64Quintavion Norman2025LB

Full Kentucky all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.