2023 Football Roster

2 Kaleb Ford-Dement

  • Position Cornerback
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class R-Sr.
  • Experience TR
  • Hometown Whitehouse, Texas
  • Highschool Whitehouse
  • Prev School Washington State
  • Major Interdisciplinary Studies

Biography

2023 (Redshirt senior)
Played in all 13 games, including 11 starts … 32 tackles (21 solo), 3.0 TFLs, 1.0 sack, 3 interceptions and 7 pass breakups … 2nd on the team in interceptions and pass breakups … Career-highs in tackles and interceptions … 6th in the Sun Belt with an NFL passer rating against among cornerbacks, according to PFF (min. 100 coverage snaps played) … 748 snaps played, including 687 on defense and 61 on special teams … 2 tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. Baylor on Sept. 2 … 2 tackles and an interception vs. Nevada on Sept. 23 … 3 tackles and 1.0 sack at Arkansas State on Nov. 18 … 4 tackles and an interception vs. South Alabama on Nov. 25 … One interception in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs. Rice, which was one of 5 interceptions by the Bobcats in the 45-21 win for the program’s first bowl victory ... PFF Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team ... Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team ... First-year grad transfer who enrolled at Texas State in January 2023 ... Former All-Conference USA Second Team selection who is coming off a medical redshirt season in 2022 ... Entering his seventh year of college football after his first year was in 2017 as a redshirt at Kilgore College (JC).

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Washington State (2021-22)

2022 (Senior): Missed all of the 2022 season due to injury ... 2021 (Junior): Appeared in 12 games, totaling 10 tackles (6 solo), 1.0 TFL and 1 pass breakup…made his Washington State debut on defense against Utah State on Sept. 4 … 1 tackle and a pass breakup against Portland State on Sept. 11 … Season-high 3 tackles, including his first career TFL in win at Cal on Oct. 2 … 2 tackles at Washington on Nov. 26 … 2 tackles in the Sun Bowl vs Central Michigan on Dec. 31 ... Originally committed to UCLA while transferring from Old Dominion but elected to transfer to Washington State in May 2021 ... Also received offers Georgia, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Virginia, Liberty and SMU.

Old Dominion (2019-20)
2020 (Junior): Did not play due to Old Dominion's season being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Jim Thorpe Watch List prior to the season (nation's top defensive back) ... 2019 (Sophomore): Named to All-Conference USA Second Team ... Phil Steele All-Conference USA First Team ... Played in all 12 games, including 10 starts at cornerback ... T-2nd in Conference USA and T-10th in FBS with 13 pass breakups, which was the most in ODU single-season history ... 26 tackles and 2 interceptions ... Recorded first career interception in the season-opening win over Norfolk State on Aug. 31 ... 3 tackles and broke up 4 passes at Virginia, the second-most pass breakups in ODU single-game history, on Sept. 7 ... Season-high 7 tackles and an interception against FAU on Oct. 26.
 
Kilgore College (2017-18)
2018 (Redshirt freshman):
Helped Kilgore to a 10-2 record and Heart of Texas Bowl win … Teammates with current inside linebacker Brian Holloway ... 34 tackles, 7 interceptions, 10 pass breakups and 2 interception returns for a touchdown ... 2017 (Freshman): Redshirt.
 
High School
Played one season of high school football at Whitehouse HS as a senior in 2016 ... 41 tackles (33 solo), 2 interceptions and 1.0 sack in 11 games ... Also had 2 catches for 99 yards and a TD ... 120 kick return yards and a TD ... 219 all-purpose yards.

Personal
Son of Dwayne and Gina Dement.

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