Safety, Wisconsin, 2009–13
Dezmen Southward
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Sunrise, FL
- Born
- Oct 1, 1990, in Sunrise, Florida
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Dezmen Southward played safety at Wisconsin (2009–13).
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 14 | 44 | 25 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2013N | 13 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| On file | 90 | 62 | 152 | 11.5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wisconsin | 12 | S | |
| 2010 | Wisconsin | 12 | S | |
| 2011 | Wisconsin | 12 | S | |
| 2012 | Wisconsin | 12 | S | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 12 | S | 6′2″ |
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
2013 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | at Arizona State | L 30–32 | 1 |
2012 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13 | at Purdue | W 38–14 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 10–20); played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 23–13).
| Drill | Combine 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¼″ | |
| Weight | 211 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.38 s | |
| Vertical jump | 42″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′4″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.50 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.37 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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