Demeco Kennedy holds the NT · Starter spot in Louisville Cardinals’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Demeco Kennedy is a 6'3", 305-pound nose tackle from Lexington, Kentucky, who attended Fredrick Douglass High School before playing at Purdue. A consensus three-star recruit and the No. 5 player in Kentucky's 2024 class, Kennedy helped lead the Broncos to the 2022 Class 5A State Championship and served as team captain in consecutive years. In his 2024 season at Purdue, he appeared in nine games and recorded six tackles, including two-tackle performances against Wisconsin and Ohio State. During the 2025 season, Kennedy appeared in all 12 games with four starts across 450 snaps, compiling 21 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks. He posted a career-high six tackles versus Northwestern and contributed four tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss against Illinois.

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