University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Slated to start at the “SAM” linebacker slot in the fall ... Chosen the program’s most improved linebacker at the end of the spring season ... In the second scrimmage of the spring led all players with 11 total stops, with 10 of those of the solo variety ... Also tied for team-high honors in the first spring scrimmage the previous week after posting eight tackles.

As A Junior (2014): Played in 11 contests, making starts against Georgia State and Arkansas State ... Posted 34 stops with 1½ for loss and was credited with a quarterback hurry ... Collected career-high seven tackles including one behind the line of scrimmage in Idaho victory, matching that total a week later in a win at Appalachian State ... Earned the coaches’ linebacker award for his efforts against the Vandals ... Also recorded seven stops in the ASU contest ... Finished with six tackles in the GSU win ... Had three assisted stops in regular-season finale against Navy.

Junior College Highlights (2013): Named first-team all-state South Division after recording a team-leading 66 tackles his sophomore season ... Total included eight stops behind the line of scrimmage, and he also broke up two passes ... Posted a season-best 14 tackles against Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) CC, with two for loss including a sack ... Credited with 13 tackles the previous week against nationally-ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast CC ... Had a tackle behind the line in four straight contests from Sept. 5-26, highlighted by a nine-stop performance against Jones County (Miss.) J.C.; he also recorded a pass defensed in that game ... Collected seven tackles including one for loss in win over Southwest Mississippi CC ... Finished with five unassisted stops — with one behind the line of scrimmage — and a pass broken up in victory over East Central (Miss.) CC ... Also credited with five tackles against eventual national champion East Mississippi CC, Coahoma (Miss.) CC and Hinds (Miss.) CC.

Kentucky Highlights (2011-12): Appeared in 11 games at Kentucky in 2012, posting an assisted tackle ... Sat out as a redshirt with the Wildcats during the 2011 season.

High School Highlights: Helped lead Pensacola Catholic High to the semifinals of the state 2B playoffs as both a junior and senior, totalling 301 stops in those two seasons ... According to Rivals.com, was one of the top 100 players in Florida and the 44th-rated outside linebacker at the conclusion of his prep career ... Participated in the Subway East-West High School All-Star game, helping the West squad to a 24-0 victory ... Recorded 187 tackles and intercepted a pair of passes for the Crusaders his final year, earning all-area and top-12 “Super Senior” honors from the Pensacola News Journal ... Collected 114 stops the previous fall, and he lettered as a defensive back his sophomore year ... Was an all-district selection in basketball and also a member of the PCHS weightlifting team.

Personal: Full name is Demarius Keith Rancifer ... Born Sept. 11, 1992, in Pensacola, Fla. ... Son of Keith Rancifer and Yolanda Moorer ... Uncle, Pat Moorer, lettered in football from 1986-89 at Florida ... Favorite movie is “The Shawshank Redemption” ... Favorite book is “Of Mice And Men” ... Favorite musical artists are Lil Wayne and Drizzy Drake Rogers ... Favorite food is steak ... Favorite subject is physical education ... Likes to cook in his spare time; one day hopes to own a restaurant ... Also recruited by Mississippi State, Kentucky, Northern Illinois and Texas State out of junior college ... Was recruited by Wisconsin to play football and Minnesota in track and field out of high school ... An interdisciplinary studies major.