Career Accolades: 2015 Ivy League Champion ... 2015 honorable mention All-Ivy
2015: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Played in all 10 games … Contributed to an offensive line that led the Quakers to the league’s second-best rushing attack (169.2 yds/gm) while only allowing 12 sacks.
2014: Started all 10 games at right tackle ... Helped produce the second-best passing offense in the Ivy League (274.3 yds/gm) ... Protected quarterback Alek Torgersen, who finished third in the nation in completions per game, 13th in the FCS in total offense and 15th in the country in passing yards per game ... Also helped Torgersen to the second-best offensive season in school history with 2,875 total yards, and the second-most completions in program history (260).
2013: Played in seven games and started the season finale against Cornell (Nov. 23) ... Helped an offense that averaged 26.1 points per game in Ivy play ... Penn had its highest scoring output of the season (41 points) in his only start.
Lyons Township HS: Three-time letterwinner ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Named all-conference and academic all-state in 2012 ... Suburban Life all-area in 2012 ... West Suburban (Silver) Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior ... Also lettered in track & field and lacrosse ... All-conference in track & field in 2013.
Personal: Son of Jacqueline and Paul Demes ... Has three siblings: Anastasia, Natalie and Christina ... Uncle played football and baseball at Illinois State University ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
