2012 Football
Roster
Steve Demilio
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 293
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Millersville, MD
Returning starter at right tackle … A preseasonAll-Big South Conference selection by the league’s coachesand media … Also a preseason All-Big South choice by PhilSteele’s College Football Preview Magazine and College SportsMadness … Big, powerful tackle who is very good as a runblocker and at protecting the passer … Excellent technicianwho understands his role very well within the offense … Hasbeen very consistent over the past two years, which has raised hislevel of play … Will be a team leader on the offensive sideof the football again in 2012.
2011 at Gardner-Webb: Named second-team All-BigSouth Conference … Played in all 11 games … Played716 snaps … Has made 22 consecutive starts at right tackle… Graded out at an amazing 92.0 percent on the season… Had a high grade of 96 percent twice in league play vs.Stony Brook (11/12) and Liberty (10/8) … Recorded 37knockdown blocks, which ranked third on the team … Allowedjust one sack in league play … Helped Gardner-Webb produceits first 1,000-yard back since 2000 … Blocked for the firstpair of backs to go over 500 yards and 1,000 yards in the sameseason since the move to Division I.
2010 at Gardner-Webb: Started 10 games at righttackle … Had a season grade average of 82.0 percent …Graded out at 90.5 percent vs. Brevard (9/4), which was the highestsingle-game grade of any GWU lineman for the season … Hadjust one game with a sub-75.0 percent blocking grade.
2009 at Gardner-Webb: Played in five games… Logged 44 snaps at tackle … Tied for second amongnon-starters in snaps played.
2008 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted.
High School: Played one season at thenation’s top ranked postgraduate prep school program, Milford(N.Y.) Academy, under Coach Bill Chaplick … Played defensiveend on the prep school level … Had 30 tackles, five tacklesfor loss, two sacks and a fumble recovery in 2007 ... Three-yearstarter at offensive tackle at Severna Park (Md.) High nearAnnapolis under Coach J.P. Hines … Chose GWU over Monmouth,Lehigh, Liberty, Central Connecticut State and Sacred Heart.
