Devin Grant is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Syracuse.
Grant moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Maurice Linguist and Fran Brown. ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Clemson — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45vs No. 24 Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ No. 7 Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27vs North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ No. 18 Miami | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%3 TFL30 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #351 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #50 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Maurice Linguist and Fran Brown.
