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2023: DeMarzo appeared in 13 games for the Pokes and started one contest. He recorded 14 total tackles on the season with eight solo stops and six assisted tackles. He recorded five tackles at Air Force, which tied a career-high. He recorded his first career tackle for loss against Hawai’i. He added two tackles in both the Portland State and Hawai’i game.

2022: DeMarzo appeared in all 13 games for the Cowboys with one start. He finished the season with 24 total tackles with nine solo stops and 15 assisted tackles. He recorded a career-high five tackles for the Cowboys in the season opener at Illinois. He added four stops for the Pokes against Fresno State. He also added one fumble recovery in the contest against Ohio in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl. He earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

Before Wyoming: Cole DeMarzo comes to Wyoming from Michigan State University with three years of eligibility remaining.  Still a young player, he spent his first year of 2020 as a redshirt and appeared in one game in the 2021 season for the Spartans against Rutgers.

Coming out of high school at Hilton Head High in Hilton Head Island, S.C., DeMarzo was ranked by ESPN.com as the No. 1 ranked linebacker recruit in the state of South Carolina and the No. 17 overall recruit in the state.  247 Sports ranked him as the No. 4 linebacker recruit in South Carolina and the No. 25 overall recruit in the state.  He was named to the Class 4A All-State First Team by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association as a senior, and was selected to play in the 2019 South Carolina Shrine Bowl. 

DeMarzo earned Academic All-Big Ten honors at the conclusion of the 2021 Fall semester.  He was part of a Michigan State team that posted an 11-2 overall record and a 7-2 Big Ten mark to finish third in the East Division.  The Spartans concluded the season defeating Pittsburgh by a score of 31-21 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. 

As a freshman in 2020, DeMarzo was named Scout Team Co-Defensive Player of the Week vs. Michigan and was named Scout Team Co-Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Northwestern.

As a high school senior, DeMarzo was credited with 102 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 10 pass breakups.  He played for head football coach BJ Payne at Hilton Head High.  DeMarzo also played baseball in high school.  His parents are Christine and Tony DeMarzo.  He plans on studying business.