Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-40@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#9
Dev'ion Reynolds
Sophomore cornerback on Northern Illinois's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Zion, IL
Returning to Northern Illinois for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 2846 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Northern Illinois's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2024.
Dev'ion Reynolds
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Dev'ion Reynolds has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Northern Illinois. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Iowa, Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2024
- Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Carmel Catholic
202510 games
- All-MACthird
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Northern Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Northern Illinois
2026era →
Rob Harley
Northern Illinois
Coaching transition mid-career: Thomas Hammock → Rob Harley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2026Northern Illinois0-2HC: Rob Harley · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 14 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | 1 |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -15 net (7 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Corian Gipson’s 2025 season.
90%match
Matches Corian on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Corian Gipson's freshman season at Clemson (2025).
Matches Corian on
Class year
Height
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Dev'ion Reynolds
The secondary · Northern Illinois
- #9Dev'ion Reynolds13 tackles · 2025
- #4James Little IV2 tackles · 2025
- #14Malik Armstrong1 tackle · 2025
- #29Romelo Walker1 tackle · 2025
- #2Avery Jones2 games · 2026
15 more on the roster · Northern Illinois team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology