At the recent NorCal Tipoff in Newark Memorial, Pleasant Grove showed it might be a sleeper to be reckoned with during basketball season. Surprisingly, the Eagles did not have their full arsenal of players as the football team is still in the midst of a postseason run. One of the gridiron boys who will be running the hard court is senior quarterback Cody Demps.
At 6-foot-4 and 190 pounds, Demps has good size and height to read the coverage over defensive linemen. His Eagles are currently 12-1 and looking for a possible trip to Carson later in the year. He has completed 87 passes out of 128 attempts for 1,638 yards with 21 touchdowns and 3 interceptions as his quarterback rating is 141.
On a Pleasant Grove football team that features nationally recruited lineman Arik Armstead and a prolific scorer in running back Mark Jenkins, Demps has done well to carve his time in the spotlight. The two-year varsity starter has a good long ball and is apt with the deep post pass.
Demps likens his game to former Boston College Eagle Matt Ryan and Oregon Duck Darren Thomas. Demps is calm and collective when in the pocket but also can pull the ball down and run with it.
He entered his junior season with a knee injury from the summer. As a result, his timing with his wide receivers was off but his senior year has seen him double his stats and improve his effectiveness with his teammates.
Demps considers his basketball skills to be superior to his football skills but still has garnered attention from football programs. He has a 4.00 GPA with an 1880 SAT score as he would like to major in Engineering. Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Jose State, and UC Davis have been in contact for football.
Demps was critical in helping his Eagles to an 18-10 basketball record last season that ended in a playoff loss to Franklin 57-56. This year's team will have its hands full in the Delta River League. But with the addition of Demps and fellow senior D.J. Dunn, the Eagles look to fly high in league play.
Pleasant Grove will take on Granite Bay this weekend for a chance to win back-to-back Sac-Joaquin Section football titles. If Demps plays his normally efficient game, the Eagles will have a strong chance of winning and then making the trip to Carson. Thereafter, watch for Demps to do double duty for the Eagle basketball team in the Delta River.
No comments:
Post a Comment