2010 Northwestern Football Bios inside the 20 ... Against Southern Illinois, hit a 57-yard boot and pinned two of his three punts inside the 20 ... At Duke, tied a career high with eight punts for 320 yards (40.0 average) and a long of 54 ... Against Syracuse, punted six times for 192 yards (32.0 average), giving Northwestern a significant advantage in field position by planting all six kicks inside the 20 ... Academic All-Big Ten.
drake dunsmore 6-3 • 235 • Jr. Superback Lenexa, Kan. Saint Thomas Aquinas
2007
Academic All-Big Ten ... Handled team’s punting duties ... Averaged 40.1 yards per punt with 23 of his 54 punts landing inside the opposition’s 20-yard line ... Averaged 40.0 yards or better in final seven games ... NU’s punt return yardage defense ranked eighth nationally—just 4.9 ypp return ... Closed season vs. Illinois with best punting effort: five punts for a 49.0 average with three inside the 20 (season-long 56-yarder) ... Named team’s special teams player of the game for that effort ... Averaged 42.5 yards per punt (four boots) at Michigan State with three punts inside the 20 ... Had a 43.8 average against Minnesota ... Averaged 40.0 ypp vs. Eastern Michigan with two of three landing inside the 20 ... Had a 42.0 average (five punts) at Purdue ... Averaged 42.0 ypp vs. Iowa ... One punt for 44 yards against Indiana ... Handled kickoff duties for first eight games, averaging 59.9 yards per kickoff with six touchbacks.
2006
Did not see action.
high school
All-state place-kicker and punter for Horizon High ... Ranked ninth nationally among place-kickers by Rivals.com ... Three-time all-region and all-Northeast Valley kicker ... Named to Arizona Football Coaches Association first-team all-star squad ... Converted 13-of-16 field goals in 2005, with a 51-yarder being his long ... Kicked off the ground his entire senior season, as well ... Averaged 45 yards per punt, with a long of 66 ... 15 of his 36 punts fell inside the 20-yard line ... Boomed 58 of 69 kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks ... Booted one kickoff 80 yards ... Helped the Huskies go 10-2 in 2005 with a quarterfinal state appearance ... Kicked a 44-yard field goal with 12.8 seconds remaining to record a 27-24 win over Chandler ... Starting place-kicker for the 2006 AZFCA All-Star game ... Converted two-of-two field goals (31, 29 yards) and booted all six kickoffs into the end zone in that game ... Also averaged 45 yards per punt (four punts) in the all-star game with two inside the 20-yard line ... Also lettered four years on the Huskies’ soccer team, and was named all-Arizona, as well as all-Northeast Valley and all-region for four years ... Named the 2006 Phoenix and Scottsdale Player of the Year ... Tied school record with 25 goals ... Named Horizon’s 2005-06 Male Athlete of the Year ... Ranked No. 6 nationally by Chris Sailer Kicking ... One of Chris Sailer’s top-12 camp winners ... Coached by Keith Brown (two years) and Steve Casey (two years).
personal
Born Marc Stefan Demos on 12/18/87 ... Son of Fran and Harry Demos ... Father played football and soccer at Santa Clara ... Brother, Jordan, was a soccer player at San Diego ... Communication studies major and business institutions minor.
DEMOS’ CAREER STATS PUNTING Year G No. 2007 12 54 2008 13 64 2009 13 63 Career 38 181 FIELD GOALS Year G 2009 13 Career 13
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Yards Lg Avg 2,168 56 40.1 2,499 63 39.0 2,203 47 35.0 6,870 63 38.0
Made Att. Lg 18 25 49 18 25 49
Pct 72.0 72.0
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2009
Starting superback ... Officially, started seven of team’s 13 games ... Finished third on team’s receptions list with 47 catches ... Ranked second in receptions among Big Ten tight ends (behind Wisconsin’s Garrett Graham) ... Closed season with a career-best performance in the Outback Bowl: nine catches for 120 yards, which included a spectacular 66-yard tackle-breaking TD ... That 66-yard TD play was tabbed the 10th-best play among all 34 bowl games in 2009-10 ... Three catches for 45 yards vs. Wisconsin ... Caught one pass for 14 yards at Illinois ... Scored the go-ahead touchdown in NU’s victory at No. 4 Iowa, a 4-yard pass from Dan Persa in the second quarter ... Finished with 19 yards receiving yards on three catches vs. the Hawkeyes and was named team’s offensive big playmaker ... Caught three passes for 28 yards against Penn State ... One grab for 11 yards against Indiana ... Posted two catches for 16 yards at Michigan State ... Four catches for 38 yards in a 16-6 win over Miami ... At Purdue, totaled four receptions for 42 yards ... Caught four passes for 37 yards against Minnesota ... Savored one of his season’s top games at Syracuse in which he led NU with nine catches for 81 yards and his first career touchdown—a 22-yard second-quarter reception—earning him team offensive player of the game honors ... Two catches for a team-best 48 yards against Eastern Michigan ... Named team’s offensive big playmaker vs. Eastern Michigan ... Hauled in two passes—both on NU’s opening scoring drive—for 24 yards vs. Towson ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2008
Suffered a season-ending knee injury on the fifth day of preseason practice ... Was slated to play a major offensive role.
2007
Named to Sporting News’ Freshman All-Big Ten team ... One of two true freshmen to play in 2007 ... Reserve superback and special teams performer ... Had a pair of catches for 70 yards (two 35-yard receptions) against Duke ... Two more receptions (for 8 yards) against Michigan ... Six-yard catch at Michigan State ... Two receptions for 16 yards vs. Minnesota ... Two catches for 20 yards vs. Eastern Michigan ... Two catches (21 yds.) vs. Purdue ... Notched six special teams hits.
high school
Rivals.com All-Region and Velocity/PrepStar All-Region tight end ... Ranked 15th among all players (second among tight ends) in Rivals.com Kansas player ranking ... Ranked 21st-best tight end nationally by ESPN/Scouts, Inc. ... Twotime first-team all-state honoree ... Two-time team MVP and first-team All-Eastern Kansas League selection ... 2006 first-team All-Sun ... Named to 810 Sports Radio all-star team ... As a junior, caught 41 passes for 586 yards and 8 TD’s ... Totaled 56 receptions for 841 yards and 9 TD’s his senior season ... Finished career with 105 receptions and 19 TD’s ... Helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas to
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