Jeff Demps

Jeffery Demps
Florida Gators — No. 2
Running back Senior
Major: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Date of birth: January 8, 1990 (1990-01-08) (age 22)
Place of birth: Winter Garden, Florida
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight: 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Career history
High school: South Lake High School,
Groveland, Florida
 College(s):
Career highlights and awards
  • 2008 SEC All-Freshman selection
  • 2008 All-Freshman Honorable Mention (CFN)
Stats at ESPN.com

Jeffery Demps (born January 8, 1990) is an American football running back and sprinter. He attends the University of Florida in his senior year, where he is a member of Florida Gators football team as well as the men's track team. Demps is particularly notable for equaling the 100 metres world junior record with a time of 10.01 seconds in June 2008.[1]

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High school career

Demps attended South Lake High School in Groveland, Florida, where he was a second-team Class 4A all-state selection at running back, gaining 1,401 yards on the ground, along with 16 touchdowns on 157 carries during his senior year. As a junior, he rushed for 21 scores and 1,761 yards on 170 touches, earning second-team all-state Class 3A selection honors. Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Demps was listed as the #36 football prospect from the state of Florida in 2008.[2]

In track, he ran the 100 metres at the Florida state final, the fastest time recorded at that event at 10.37 seconds. He also 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. Competing at the 2008 U.S. Olympic track trials, Demps set a new national high school record with 10.01 seconds, beating J-Mee Samuels' 10.08 sec. His time also equaled the 100 metres world junior record, originally established by Darrel Brown in 2001.

College career

American football

Jeffery Demps played a key role in Florida's 3rd national title, rushing 78 times for 605 yards, averaging 7.8 yards per carry.

Stats

Year Stat Number Yards Average TD
2008 Rushing 78 605 7.8 7
2009 Rushing 99 745 7.5 7
2010 Rushing 92 551 6 3

Track

In 2009, Demps competed in four outdoor meets for the Gators track and field team. He ran the anchor leg of Florida’s SEC Championship 4×100m relay team (alongside Jeremy Hall, Calvin Smith, and Terrell Wilks), which recorded the third-fastest time in school history (38.74) and won Florida's first the 4×100-meter relay title since the 2004 season. Following an injury, Demps only ran a 10.30 over 100 metres at the SEC Championships, placing him ninth overall. At the War Eagle Invitational, Demps helped the Gators win the 4×100-meter relay.

In March 2010, Demps won the 60 metres in 6.56 sec at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Three months later at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he claimed the school’s first 100-meter NCAA title since Bernard Williams won in 2000, beating the favored Rondell Sorrillo by a margin of .13 seconds. Demps' time of 9.96 would have been a new school record had the race not been heavily wind-aided (+2.5 m/s).[3]

Personal bests

Event Time (seconds) Venue Date Notes
60 meters 6.53 College Station, TX March 12, 2011
100 meters 10.01 Eugene, Oregon June 28, 2008
200 meters 21.04 Knoxville, Tennessee August 4, 2007

See also

References

  1. ^ Risner, Blake (June 30, 2008). "Records tumbling at U.S. Olympic track trials". Glenwood Springs Post Independent. http://www.postindependent.com/article/20080630/SPORTS/717391452/1075. 
  2. ^ "Florida Top 100 2008". Rivals.com. January 30, 2008. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-1853. 
  3. ^ "Demps wins in 9.96; Kevkhishvili repeats". Florida Gators Country. June 11, 2010. http://www.gatorcountry.com/other_sports/article/demps_wins_in_996_kevkhishvili_repeats/9316. 

Further reading

External links

ESPN RISE 2000s All-Decade High School Track & Field Team
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