Silas DeMary
Encyclopedia
Silas DeMary is an offensive lineman/defensive lineman for the Cleveland Gladiators, an Arena Football League team.
, DeMary lettered
in football
, basketball
, won NCAA Division II Defensive Lineman of the Year honors, and won NCAA Division II All-America
honors.
High school career
While attending Bishopville High School in Bishopville, South CarolinaBishopville, South Carolina
Bishopville is a city in Lee County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,670 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.-Geography:Bishopville is located at ....
, DeMary lettered
Varsity letter
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in football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
College career
Silas DeMary attended back street , where, as a senior, he led the team with 21 sacksQuarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...
, won NCAA Division II Defensive Lineman of the Year honors, and won NCAA Division II All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
honors.