Demond Tucker

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Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-0
Weight:
295
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hazelhurst, Miss.
High School:
Hazelhurst

Awards and Honors
Second-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches (2016)
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year (2015)
Second-Team All-Big 12- AP (2015)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12- Coaches (2015)
Dury Moss Outstanding Newcomer (2015)

2016
Second Team All-Big 12 by the Coaches … invited to the Tropical Bowl … one of five players to start all 12 games … recorded the most tackles by a Cyclone interior defensive lineman with 45 … tallied 4.0 TFL and one pass breakup … posted seven tackles vs. Baylor … had four tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. Kansas State … tallied seven tackles and a TFL vs. Kansas … registered five tackles and a TFL vs. Texas Tech … registered a TFL in 14 of 24 career games played … ended career with 73 tackles, 17.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks and a forced fumble … started 23 of 24 career games played.

2015
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year … Second-Team All-Big 12 by the AP and Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the Coaches … played in all 12 games, starting 11 at nose guard … posted 28 tackles and led the team in TFL with 13.0, second among Big 12 interior defensive lineman and ninth overall in the league … his 13.0 TFL ties for 10th on ISU’s season record list … second on the team in sacks (6.0), tying for ninth in the Big 12 … also had one forced fumble … had a TFL in nine of 12 games … had two tackles and a TFL in each of the first two games vs. UNI and Iowa … vs. Kansas, had two tackles and 1.5 TFL … posted three tackles and 2.0 TFL vs. Baylor … had three solo stops and a TFL vs. Texas … was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after a monster game vs. Oklahoma State where he set season highs in tackles (eight), TFL (4.0), sacks (two) and forced fumbles (one).

Copiah-Lincoln CC
Chose Iowa State over Kansas State, Arizona State, Louisville, TCU, Texas A&M, Mississippi, Mississippi State … four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star recruit by Rivals and Scout … rated among the top-40 best junior college players in the nation according to ESPN (No. 23), Rivals (No. 31) and 24/7 (No. 38) … ranked as the third-best junior college defensive tackle by ESPN … named the NJCAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2013, earning NJCAA First Team All-America honors … it was the first time a freshman had ever earned NJCAA Defensive Player of the Year honors … tallied 53 tackles, 14.5 TFL and 13.0 sacks in 2013 … was a Second Team All-MACJC and All-Region 23 selection in 2014 … posted 51 tackles, 10.0 TFL and 9.5 sacks in his final season … named MACJC Defensive Player of the Week after recording nine tackles and 2.5 TFL vs. Itawamba … redshirted in 2012.

High School
One of the state’s top defenders, earning Mississippi Class 3A Defensive Player of the Year honors as well as first-team all-state accolades in 2011 … tallied 70 tackles, 6.0 TFL and one interception in his final season … was an all-state and all-conference performer as a junior, recording 42 tackles and an interception.

Personal
Born Oct. 11, 1992 … son of Frank and Candie Swilley … teammates in junior college with former Iowa State linebacker Jordan Harris … went to the same junior college as former Cyclone All-Big 12 linebacker and NFL player Tim Dobbins … liberal studies major.