Wingate, N.C.----DeMarkes Dogan was always in the middle of the action as a record-setting linebacker for Wingate Bulldogs football teams in the early 2000s. He's now in a different kind of spotlight, trying to establish himself as an actor in TV and films in southern California. The all-time leading tackler in Wingate gridiron history says the two endeavors to which he's devoted so much energy in his life have a big thing in common.