#99

Devin Lee

Senior defensive tackle for South Florida. 2025: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DT · South Florida · Sr. · #99

6′2″ · 290 lb · Mcdonough, GA

CFB Index 67 · #85 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to South Florida for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles for loss: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

6 TFL · 31 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Florida Atlantic

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for South Florida. 2025: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2021.

His career, year by year

Devin Lee

DT · South Florida · Sr · #99

Wins his gap play after play. Devin Lee has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Charlotte — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

2022Vanderbilt5-7HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning

2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025South Florida9-4HC: Kevin Patrick · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #85 of 330?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th 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	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #85 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #85 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #4 of 10 American Athletic DTs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	South Florida	31	11	6.0	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Vanderbilt	15	3	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Vanderbilt	14	8	4.5	1.5	--	--	--
2021	Vanderbilt	6	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		67	25	11.5	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 63–36

at North Texas

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 27-point win on the road against North Texas.

With B. Brown — 245 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.6 · 82 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD · C. Leon — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 18-16@ Florida	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 12-49@ Miami	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 63-14vs South Carolina State	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 54-26vs Charlotte	5	1	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	W 63-36@ North Texas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 31-34@ Memphis	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 55-23vs UTSA	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 38-41@ Navy	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 48-18@ UAB	4	3	2.5	0.0	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	W 52-3vs Rice	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 10-24vs Old Dominion	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		31	11	6.0	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

31Tackles

11Solo

6TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 81 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.

2026 Outlook

South Florida

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · South Florida

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (44 in / 34 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #52 · 2026 recruiting class #90

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jack Hall’s 2025 season.

Jack Hall

91%match

Delaware · 2025

Rashad Cheney Jr.

South Florida · 2023

85%

Decarius Hawthorne

Florida Atlantic · 2022

85%

Davon Sears

Texas State · 2022

83%

Matches Jack on

Class year

Sack rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Dezmond Tell's graduate season at Louisville (2024).

Dezmond Tell

80%match

Louisville · 2024

Edward Vesterinen

West Virginia · 2025

80%

D'Quan Douse

Michigan State · 2024

79%

Tyler Onyedim

Texas A&M · 2025

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2

79%

D'Anta Johnson

East Carolina · 2024

All-AAC

78%

Matches Dezmond on

Weight

Sack rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Devin Lee

Jack Hall

Delaware · 2025

91%

Mosiah Nasili-Kite

Auburn · 2023

85%

Austin Ertl

Miami (OH) · 2023

84%

Bryce Ganious

Wake Forest · 2023

83%

D'Anta Johnson

East Carolina · 2023

83%

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

20214 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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