#24

Devin Hightower

Graduate linebacker for Tulsa. 2025: 81 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Tulsa · Gr. · #24

6′1″ · 230 lb · Twinsburg, OH · Hoban HS

CFB Index 59 · #216 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceTransferred UAB → Tulsa for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs East Texas A&MChapman Stadium

The numbers

tackles · 2025

3 TFL · 1 sacks

Best game: 9 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs South Florida

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Tulsa. 2025: 81 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Archbishop Hoban in 2020.
Transferred from UAB to Tulsa in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

Devin Hightower

LB · Tulsa · Sr · #24

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 10 tackles against Navy — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2025UAB4-8HC: Alex Mortensen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #216 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#135 / 2975 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#165 / 2975 · 94th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.7	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road6g	6.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #216 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #216 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UAB	81	42	3.0	1.0	--	1	--
2021	Cincinnati	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		86	44	3.0	1.0	--	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-42vs Alabama State	6	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 24-38@ Navy	10	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 3	W 31-28vs Akron	5	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 24-56@ Tennessee	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Army	9	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic	7	5	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Memphis	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 19-38@ UConn	8	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Rice	9	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 24-53vs North Texas	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 18-48vs South Florida	9	6	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Tulsa	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Total		81	42	3.0	1.0	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

81Tackles

42Solo

3TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

1INT

81 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 71 INT
Week 131 sack

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joseph Sipp Jr.’s 2023 season.

Joseph Sipp Jr.

82%match

Bowling Green · 2023

Mac Uihlein

Northwestern · 2024

82%

Jasper Williams

Louisiana · 2023

82%

Anthony Pandy

Arizona · 2021

81%

Matches Joseph on

Solo tackle rate

Tackle volume

Sack rate

Differs from Joseph on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Gaethan Bernadel's junior season at Stanford (2023).

Gaethan Bernadel

93%match

Stanford · 2023

All-Conference USA

London Harris

Texas State · 2022

88%

Jaden Harris

Arkansas State · 2022

88%

Tommy Eichenberg

Ohio State · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 5

88%

Kameron Arnold

Boston College · 2022

88%

Matches Gaethan on

Weight

Sack rate

Solo tackle rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Devin Hightower

Mac Uihlein

Northwestern · 2025

81%

Max Harris

Arizona · 2025

78%

Background

CAREER STATS: Played at Michigan State, Cincinnati, Rhode Island and UAB before transferring to Tulsa … Has appeared in 41 career games … Has compiled 186 career tackles … Has 4.5 career sacks … Has two interceptions and four pass breakups. All-CAA Football Honorable Mention (2024) Phil Steele Al...

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The linebacker corps · Tulsa

#24Devin HightowerLB · Gr.81 tackles · 2025
#33William AlexanderLB · R-Jr.66 tackles · 2025
#9Dax CollinsLB · Jr.10 tackles · 2025
#35C.J. TurnerLB · R-Jr.7 tackles · 2025
#6Chris Thompson Jr.LB · Gr.1 tackle · 2025

6 more on the roster · Tulsa team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

2021

2023

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

Players who play like Devin Hightower

Background

The linebacker corps · Tulsa