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Cornerback

Charles Demmings

Grade67 /100
Pos Rank-
OVR Rank110
School
SFA

Experience

Played42
Started34

POSITION STATS LAST SEASON

INTs
4
PBU
0
Tackles
1
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Position-Specific Grades

COMBINE RESULTS

Height
6' 1"
Weight
193lbs
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ARM
32"
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HAND
10 1/8"
40-Yard Dash
4.41sec
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10-Yard Split
1.55sec
Vertical
42
Broad Jump
11' 0"

The Takeaway

The Player

Demmings is a small-school playmaker with the frame, length, and speed to develop as a press corner and make the jump to the NFL. He’s strong enough to reroute receivers and fast enough to stay in phase when he wins at the line of scrimmage. He reads the receiver’s hands when he gets caught out of phase and is able to turn and locate the ball when he’s in phase. He closes well driving on in-breaking and out-breaking routes in off coverage. He intercepted four passes in 2025 and finished his career with nine total. He can high-point the ball with his big hands and outstanding vertical jump. He tracks the ball well and flashes the ability to make over-the-shoulder catches. He has good timing when breaking up passes and finished his career with 17 passes defended. He’s not a fundamentally sound press corner at this point. He can overextend, shoot the wrong hand, and bite on the receiver’s first move at the line of scrimmage. His timed top-end speed is borderline outstanding, but he’s tight, and he doesn’t recover as well as those numbers might suggest. He bites on double moves, and he can drift out of position in zone looks. 

He didn’t make many plays as a run defender in college, but he doesn’t miss many tackles and has the frame to develop into an effective run defender. There are concerns about the level of competition that he faced playing at the FCS level, but he impressed at the Senior Bowl and tested well at the combine. He has some experience covering kickoffs and punts. 

The Draft

Demmings is a top-20 corner and a top-150 prospect. He was one of eight FCS players invited to the combine. North Dakota State’s Grey Zabel and William & Mary’s Charles Grant were the only two FCS players drafted in the top 100 picks last year.

The Projection 

Demmings may need time to refine his technique and adjust to the jump in competition, but he can provide depth at corner and develop into a no. 2. His frame, length, top-end speed, and physicality in coverage are reminiscent of 2022 fifth-round pick DaRon Bland.