Devin Lafayette

Senior safety for Troy. 2025: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 113 tackles.

S · Troy · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 210 lb · Brunswick, GA

CFB Index 87 · #16 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Troy for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Tackles: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

5 PBU · 113 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Statement game19 tacklesvs South Alabama (FBS) · W 31-24

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Troy. 2025: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 113 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2020.
Transferred from Northern Illinois to Troy in 2024.

His career, year by year

Devin Lafayette

S · Troy · Sr · #3

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Devin Lafayette has played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. All-Sun Belt in 2025 was the second honor of his career. The receipt: 19 tackles against South Alabama — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

87All-Conference level #16 of 544?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#20 / 2975 · 99th pct

113

Solo tackles#54 / 2975 · 98th pct

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Road8g	7.2	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.7	0.1	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	6.4	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #16 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #2 of 42 Sun Belt Ss

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Troy	113	52	2.5	1.0	5	2	--
2024	Troy	50	28	6.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	39	23	2.0	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Northern Illinois	38	15	0.5	0.5	1	1	--
2021	Northern Illinois	6	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Northern Illinois	36	21	1.0	1.0	1	1	--
Career		282	143	12.0	3.0	8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Nicholls

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 SOLO

With T. Meadows — 186 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · W. Crowder — 144 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	7	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 7-28vs Memphis	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	19	9	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 19 tackles
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	6	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 28-18@ Southern Miss	7	3	1.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 15	L 14-31@ James Madison	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		113	52	2.5	1.0	2	5

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

Devin Lafayette

20206 games

202410 games

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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