CAREER AT PURDUE
• Appeared in 21 games with four starts across two seasons
• Had 27 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks
2025 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in all 12 games with four starts
• Totaled 21 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks
• Recorded his first collegiate sack vs. USC (Sept. 13)
• Had a season-high 1.5 TFLs, with a half-sack, vs. Illinois (Oct. 4)
• Produced a season-high six tackles and had a half-TFL at Northwestern (Oct. 18)
• Named Academic All-Big Ten
2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in nine games
• Recorded six tackles
• Credited with a career-high two tackles at Wisconsin (Oct. 5) and No. 2 Ohio State (Nov. 9)
PREP
• Consensus three-star recruit, No. 5 player in the state of Kentucky per On3
• Helped guide the Broncos to the 2022 Kentucky Class 5A State Championship
• Team captain in two straight years for Frederick Douglas High School
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Demeco Assante Cruz Kennedy
• Parents: Ronayle and Cameron Kennedy
• Siblings: Cameron, Zateece, Japhia, Tia and Kaja
• Major: Exploratory Studies
• Brother, Japhia Kennedy, plays football for Thomas Moore University