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David Dermer
David Dermer

47 Ch'aim Smith

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 255
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown York, Pa.
  • Highschool York Suburban

Biography

All-PSAC East defensive end returning to the fold for his final year of eligibility … already has an undergrad degree and is close to a master’s from WCU … moving up the career charts in the record for both sacks and tackles for a loss … quick first step … doesn’t let the offensive lineman get his hands on him … elusive in his pass rush … all-region candidate … disrupts the quarterback’s timing … tough to defend … teams need to keep a second blocker in the backfield to slow him down … three-year letterwinner.
 
2018: Appeared in and started all 11 games … sixth on the team in tackles with 35 … posted 20 solo stops and 15 assisted stops … registered 11 tackles for a loss, including 9.5 sacks … credited with three pass breakups and led the team with eight QB hurries … forced two fumbles … recorded five tackles against both East Stroudsburg and New Haven … four solo stops against ESU was a season-best … three assisted tackles against Shippensburg and New Haven were season highs … registered a pair of sacks in a game twice (Millersville, ESU) … forced fumbles against Bentley and Kutztown … credited with three QB hurries and a pass breakup against Kutztown … also had 2.5 tackles for a loss against Kutztown … second team All-PSAC East.
 
2017: Began the season starting at defensive end … suffered a season-ending injury after the first game of the year … recorded two tackles, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble in the season opener against Bentley (8/31).

2016: Appeared in and started all 11 games … set career-highs in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, pass breakups, quarterback hurries, fumble recoveries and blocked kicks … recorded a team-high with the following numbers: 57 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, six sacks, three quarterback hurries and two blocked kicks … also recorded two pass breakups ... recorded five tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Bentley … recorded a career-high 11 tackles, a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Slippery Rock … racked up seven tackles including two for loss at Kutztown … accounted for eight tackles, 0.5 sacks and 0.5 tackle for loss against Shippensburg … registered three tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery at Bloomsburg … totaled four tackles and a career-high two sacks against Cheyney … recorded seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks against Millersville … had 6 tackles in the season finale to go along with one sack ... second team All-PSAC East.

2015: Appeared in all 11 games ... did not make a start ... recorded four tackles, one solo and three assisted ... registered one tackle for a loss, which was a sack against Shippensburg ... finished with one tackle in four different games ... did not figure statistically other than that.

2014: Red-shirted ... did not appear in a contest.
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 97

    2014Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 235 lbs
    97
  • 47

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 235 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 245 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2017Junior

    Defensive End
    6'4" 245 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Defensive End
    6'4" 245 lbs
    47
  • 47
    C

    2019Graduate Student

    Defensive End
    6'4" 255 lbs
    47
    C