Senior safety for Virginia. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 24 tackles.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Allentown, PA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety for Virginia. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 24 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDe'Vante Cross
Erases the deep middle of the field. This is his fifth year in the same secondary at Virginia. One game to point at: 7 tackles against BYU — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia, 129 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bronco Mendenhall.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 34-28 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-0vs William & Mary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 39-59@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-37vs Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-33@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-0vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-40vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-66@ BYU | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 24 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Eric Scott Jr.’s 2020 season.
Matches Eric on
Differs from Eric on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eli Blakey's senior season at Miami (OH) (2022).
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Player DNA