| Date |
Opponenet |
Result |
| Sept. 3 |
Florida Atlantic |
W 41-3 |
| Sept. 10 |
UAB |
W 39-0 |
| Sept. 17 |
Tennessee |
W 33-23 |
| Sept. 24 |
@ Kentucky |
W 48-10 |
| Oct. 1 |
Alabama |
L 38-10 |
| Oct. 8 |
@ LSU |
L 41-11 |
| Oct. 15 |
@ Auburn |
L 17-6 |
| Oct. 29 |
@ Georgia |
L 24-20 |
| Nov. 5 |
Vanderbilt |
W 26-21 |
| Nov. 12 |
@ South Carolina |
W 17-12 |
| Nov. 19 |
Furman |
W 54-32 |
| Nov. 26 |
Florida State |
L 21-7 |
| Dec. 3 |
SEC Championship |
If necessary |
CAREER: Has seen action in 39 games, with 22 starts in his career as a Gator…Since 1996, has twice as many 60-plus yard career rushes (four) than any other Gator…Has 1,901 yards rushing on 269 carries, a 7.1 average, and 17 touchdowns on the ground…Has 309 yards receiving on 41 receptions (7.5 avg.) and one receiving TD…Is also a member of the UF men’s track team running sprints, competing in the indoor season in the spring of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
HONORS: 2008 SEC All-Freshman selection…A CollegeFootballNews.com All-Freshman Honorable Mention…A 2009 nominee for the Doak Walker Award, who was also named a third-team All-SEC selection by Phil Steele…Nominee for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
2010: One of only nine players in the country in 2010 with a rush of over 70 yards and a kick return of over 50 yards…Led the team with 551 rushing yards on a team-best 92 carries (team-high 50.1 yards per game)…Had a team-high 927 all-purpose yards, while catching a running back-high 18 receptions for 116 yards (6.4 average)…Returned eight kickoff s for 260 yards for a 32.5-yard average, with a long of 54 yards against USF, including three kick returns of over 40 yards…Named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against USF…Overall, appeared in 11 games with five starts (Miami University, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Penn State)…Suffered a sprained left foot against Tennessee and was limited the remainder of the season, missing the LSU and Vanderbilt games…Ran three times for 20 yards and caught two passes for five yards in the 2011 Outback Bowl victory over Penn State…Saw action in the final four regular-season games after not playing in the road victory against Vanderbilt…Carried nine times for 44 yards on the road at FSU…Carried twice for -1 yard vs. South Carolina, while recording no stats vs. Appalachian State…Ran for 38 yards and a touchdown on nine carries in the win over Georgia, while also catching two passes for 43 yards, including a team-high 40-yard pass…Snapped his streak of 33-straight games played to start his career by missing the LSU game, but ran for 36 yards on five carries the following week vs. Mississippi State…Ran for a team-high 47 yards on 11 carries in a start against Alabama…Ran for 57 yards on eight carries and caught three passes for two yards in the victory vs. Kentucky, while returning two kickoffs for 39 yards…Ran for a team-high 73 yards on a career-high 26 attempts in the win at Tennessee, the most by a Gator running back since Ciatrick Fason vs. Kentucky in 2004…Also led the team with 177 all-purpose yards, including two kick returns for 70 yards (35.0 average, longest of 43)...Also caught three passes for 34 yards…Ran for a career-high 139 yards on 11 carries, and finished with a career-high 255 all-purpose yards in the win over USF...His 62-yard touchdown run made him the first player in the nation in 2010 to have two rushes on the season of more than 60 yards…The 139 yards were the most by a Florida running back since Chris Rainey ran for 142 vs. The Citadel in 2008...Ran back a career-high 95 yards on a career-high tying two kickoff returns, including a career-best 54-yard kickoff return…Graded out as a Champion vs. USF and was named co-offensive player of the game…Finished with a team-high 98 yards on eight carries against Miami University, including a career-long 72-yard touchdown run…Also matched his career high with four receptions (for four yards) and reeled off a 34-yard kickoff return.
2009: A 2009 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection for his work in the classroom during his sophomore season…Played in all 14 games for the Gators, including 12 starts…Accumulated 745 yards rushing on 99 carries (7.5 avg.) and scored seven touchdowns…Had eight receptions for 52 yards (6.5 avg.)…Ranked fifth in the nation with 7.5 yards per carry avg. and finished second on the Gator squad, first among running backs, in 2009 with 745rushing yards and seven touchdowns…Carried three times for seven yards before suffering an injury in the 2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl and had one carry for nine yards in the 2009 SEC Championship Game against Alabama…Additionally returned two kickoffs for 55 yards, his first of the season, against the Crimson Tide…Recorded his first 100-yard rushing performance of the season against FSU, running seven times for a total of 106 yards on the ground, including a career-tying 62-yard advance in the second half…Led the Florida running back corps against FIU, tallying 46 yards on nine carries, including a three-yard touchdown scamper - his seventh of the season…Led the UF rushing attack against Vanderbilt with seven carries for 57 yards on the ground and one touchdown, a 25-yard run to the house…Tallied five carries for 31 yards in Florida’s victory over Georgia in Jacksonville…Had five carries for 13 yards and a five-yard reception in UF’s road victory over Mississippi State…Scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season on a 10-yard carry to the end zone to tie the Homecoming game with Arkansas at 20-all with seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter – carried nine times for 54 yards and the one TD versus the Razorbacks…Additionally moved past the 1,000-yard rushing mark for his career in the win against the Razorbacks…Carried a career-high 16 times for 86 yards in Florida’s win over LSU on the road…Came up just shy of the century mark at Kentucky with a then season-high 97 yards on 12 carries…Had four rushes for 31 yards and a TD against Tennessee in the SEC opener and also rallied for two catches and 15 yards in the air…Scored his third rushing touchdown of the season on a 24-yard scurry in the second quarter in the 56-6 win over Troy and also led the Gators in rushing against the Trojans with 87 yards on the ground…Scored two rushing touchdowns against Charleston Southern in the first half alone, one an eight yarder and the other a 23-yard scamper…Demps’ eight-yard run was the first touchdown of the 2009 season for the Gators and his two scores tied a career-high for touchdowns in one game.
2008: Saw action in all 14 games as a freshman, starting in five against Kentucky, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Alabama and Oklahoma…Started at running back in the 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game, where he rushed nine times for 23 yards…Also played an intricate role in UF’s win over Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, rushing for 53 yards and catching one touchdown pass…Set a career high with 14 rushing attempts in the SEC Championship Game…Average touchdown run in 2008 was 32.7 yards…Five of his seven rushing touchdowns were 36 or more yards and three of the seven were 40 yards or more…Ranked fourth on the team in rushing (605 yards on 78 carries) and sixth in receiving (141 yards, 15 receptions)…Rushed for 100 or more yards in two of UF’s games, racking up 103 yards against Arkansas and a career-high 129 yards against LSU…Named the SEC Freshman of the Week for his work against Arkansas…Additionally played a key role on special teams, blocking two punts, one in the win over Miami and another against Kentucky on Homecoming…Named the SEC Special Teams’ Player of the Week after his punt block against Kentucky…Unleashed a 62-yard run against Hawaii in the season-opener, the longest run by UF freshman since 1987.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA: Considered one of the nation’s fastest recruits…Second-team Class 4A all-state selection at running back as a senior…Gained 1,401 yards on the ground, along with 16 touchdowns on 157 carries during his senior year…Rushed for 21 scores and 1,761 yards on 170 touches in junior campaign…Second-team all-state Class 3A selection …Ran the 100-meter dash at the Florida state final, the fastest time recorded at that event at 10.37 seconds…Clocked a 10.25 at the AAU Junior Olympics, the second-fastest time ever in the state and the fastest clocking recorded by a high school senior that year…Finished 13th nationally with a 21.04 time in the 200-meter dash…No. 4 athlete and ranked 53rd in the ESPN 150…Earned four-star billing by Rivals.com and was part of the Rivals.com250…Listed as the sixth-best all-purpose back by Rivals.com…Coached by Walter Banks.