Devan Boykin is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Indiana.
Boykin hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dave Doeren and Curt Cignetti. First career honor, 2021: ACC Specialist Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Purdue — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 16 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-14vs Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 56-9vs Kennesaw State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 73-0vs Indiana State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-10vs No. 9 Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-15@ Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-20@ No. 3 Oregon | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Michigan State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-6vs UCLA | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 55-10@ Maryland | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-24@ Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-7vs Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-3@ Purdue | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 13-10vs No. 1 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 38-3vs No. 11 Alabama | 7 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 56-22vs No. 5 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-21vs No. 10 Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 37 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 |
Bowl · 2025
W 38-3
vs Alabama · neutral site
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 35-point win at a neutral site against Alabama.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFL60 tackles · 6 for loss · 1 sack · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 16 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
38.7%
404 pass / 641 run
Plays / game
65.3
16 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
60 tackles in 16 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #106 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #18 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 54 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Doeren and Curt Cignetti.
