Senior defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 205 lb · Elmont, NY
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.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 1257 nationally · Signed with Buffalo
Statement game3 INTvs Central Michigan (FBS) · W 37-13
Top 0.1% interceptions game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
Devin Grant
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Maurice Linguist and Fran Brown. He has been named ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week two seasons running, most recently in 2024. The receipt: 10 tackles, 2 TFL against Clemson — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #351 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #50 of 75 ACC DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ 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@ 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@ 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 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Syracuse
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #35
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devin Kirkwood’s 2023 season.
Matches Devin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ky'won McCray's senior season at New Mexico (2025).
Matches Ky'won on
Player DNA