Running back, Stony Brook, 2021–⁠25

Roland Dempster

Number
No. 4
Height
6′0″
Weight
235 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Staten Island, NY

Roland Dempster played running back at Stony Brook (2021–⁠25).

Career highs

181rushing yards, career highvs. Towson, 20253rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Merrimack, 20256catches, career hightwice; last vs. North Carolina A&T, 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021Stony Brook6345.709
2023Stony Brook924084.4338
2024Stony Brook2681,3325.01854
2025Stony Brook2281,0374.51454
Career5942,8114.73554

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Stony Brook4123.008
2024Stony Brook3233510.5140
2025Stony Brook352928.3035
Career716399.0140

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Stony Brook4RBYr 1
2022Stony Brook4RBYr 2
2023Stony Brook4RBYr 3
2024Stony Brook4RBYr 4
2025Stony Brook4RBSr. (Yr 5)6′0″235

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Stony Brook (FCS)60.43––2.6–
2023Stony Brook (FCS)950.0723rd (n=450)0.177.020%
2024Stony Brook (FCS)2470.2782nd (n=434)0.1667.633%
2025Stony Brook (FCS)2950.1771st (n=576)0.1050.133%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Stony Brook 11 games, 1,037 rushing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 28atSan Diego StateL 0–⁠42134901310
Sep 6vs.Rhode IslandL 17–⁠3128167154234
Sep 13vs.FordhamW 41–⁠181894019313
Sep 20atLindenwoodL 27–⁠301788113427
Sep 27vs.MerrimackW 35–⁠102211431817
Oct 4atUAlbanyW 47–⁠1220105120561
Oct 18atMonmouthL 21–⁠491992116210
Oct 25vs.TowsonW 27–⁠1940181222323
Nov 1atMaineL 21–⁠28142229526
Nov 8vs.North Carolina A&TW 38–⁠12196019672
Nov 15atVillanovaL 27–⁠301865211319
2024 Stony Brook 12 games, 1,332 rushing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31atMarshallL 3–⁠45133707110
Sep 7vs.StonehillW 37–⁠1019160354––
Sep 14atFordhamW 27–⁠21165111515
Sep 21atCampbellW 24–⁠1736179217320
Sep 28vs.Morgan StateW 22–⁠325158322259
Oct 5vs.VillanovaL 24–⁠4224115320641
Oct 19atTowsonW 52–⁠2416103052561
Oct 26vs.William & MaryW 35–⁠1327144223458
Nov 2atBryantW 31–⁠3025107221110
Nov 9vs.UAlbanyW 24–⁠62698212549
Nov 16atNew HampshireL 30–⁠31218503039
Nov 23vs.MonmouthL 47–⁠552095036113
2023 Stony Brook 8 games, 408 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.DelawareL 13–⁠371050138––
Sep 23vs.RichmondL 19–⁠2072408––
Sep 30atMaineL 28–⁠56432022––
Oct 14vs.FordhamL 7–⁠2612360181−1
Oct 21vs.New HampshireL 14–⁠4582411225
Oct 28atVillanovaL 13–⁠481255013––
Nov 4atMonmouthL 17–⁠562214112618
Nov 11vs.UAlbanyL 20–⁠38174609––

No box score in the source for Oct 7 at Morgan State, so that game is not listed.

2021 Stony Brook 1 game, 34 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 18atOregonL 7–⁠4863409––

No box score in the source for Sep 11 at Colgate; Oct 2 at Rhode Island, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.