2008 Football
Roster
Demario Deese
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Preseason All-Big South Conference selection ... Big left tacklewho will start for the third season in a row ... Has the potentialto be one of the top linemen to ever suit up for the Bulldogs ...Must continue to work on consistency ... Coming off a solid springpractice season ... Two-time All-Big South selection ... Hastremendous power and strength, and has been impressive in theweight room ... Posted a 610-pound lift in the squat during Maytesting ... Conditioning should be better for the 2007 season ...Versatile blocker who has seen time at guard and tackle during hiscareer with equal success ... Could challenge for All-Americahonors in 2007.
2006 at Gardner-Webb: A first-team All-Big SouthConference selection for the second year in a row ... A third-teamDivision I FCS All-Central Region selection by the Football Gazette... Graded out as one of the team’s top blockers all season... Helped GWU post averages of 24.5 points and 338.5 yards oftotal offense per game. 2005 at GWU: Started all 11 games for theBulldogs, seeing action at both guard and tackle ... A third-teamAll-Southeast Region selection by the Football Gazette ... Afirst-team All-Big South Conference choice ... Named I-AA NationalLineman of the Week by the Football Gazette following an 83 percentgrading effort vs. Liberty (10/29) ... Helped GWU average 441.0yards of total offense on the season, which ranked No. 10nationally on the I-AA level.
High School: Played at national powerhouseCharlotte (N.C.) Independence High under Coach Bill Gieler ... Big,powerful blocker who led team to its fifth-straight N.C. Class 4AState Championship ... Patriots finished ranked No. 2 nationally byUSAToday ... Finished career with a 77-game winning streak intact... A first-team All-Observer selection by the Charlotte Observerin 2004 ... Also named first-team All-Mecklenburg County by theObserver ... Started all 16 games and did not allow a sack ... Akey cog on an offense that averaged nearly 500 yards per game, 55points per game and 10 yards per play in 2004 ... Heavily recruitedlineman who chose Gardner-Webb over Division I-AA programsHampton, Howard and Eastern Kentucky ... A teammate of GWU's DanielCooke.
