Senior defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′2″ · 290 lb · Pittsburgh, PA
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 687 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
Devin Danielson
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent five seasons in the Pittsburgh defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Syracuse — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Pittsburgh, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 37-26 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (1st 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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 20 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 75 | 29 | 10.5 | 6.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 38–21
vs Louisville
3 TOT
With C. Junko — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Veilleux — 200 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Wofford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-27vs Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 24-41vs North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21vs Louisville | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21@ Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-58@ Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-28@ Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Luc Bequette’s 2021 season.
Matches Luc on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to D'Quan Douse's graduate season at Georgia Tech (2023).
Matches D'Quan on
Player DNA