Safety, Cal Poly, 2023–26
DeMel Turner
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Lemoore, CA
DeMel Turner plays safety for Cal Poly. Last time out, at Northern Colorado: 2 tackles.
2026 so far
25 tackles, 1 INT
Last game: 2 tackles at Northern Colorado, L 18–28
Next game: vs. Utah Tech, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cal Poly | 8 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2024 | Cal Poly | 8 | S | So. | ||
| 2025 | Cal Poly | 8 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2026 | Cal Poly | 8 | S | Sr. | 6′1″ | 185 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2026 Cal Poly 8 games, 25 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Idaho | W 38–34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | vs.Central Washington | W 24–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 12 | at San José State | L 20–30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. San Diego | L 35–38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at Eastern Washington | W 31–27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Weber State | L 34–42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 10 | at Idaho State | W 25–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Northern Colorado | L 18–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 Cal Poly 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | at Utah | L 9–63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Cal Poly 1 game, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at Stanford | L 7–41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Cal Poly 1 game, 5 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | atSan José State | L 3–59 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Sep 17 vs. Lincoln (CA), so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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