Devon Marshall

Senior cornerback for NC State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

CB · NC State · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 200 lb · Boston, MA

CFB Index 84 · #28 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to NC State for 2026

How he plays

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

15 PBU · 50 tackles

Best game: 2 INT, 6 PBU, 4 tackles, vs Florida State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for NC State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed with Villanova in 2022.
Transferred from Villanova to NC State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Devon Marshall

CB · NC State · Sr · #6

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Villanova to NC State — the move that set up everything since. His first career honor landed in 2025: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Memphis — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dave Doeren — 14-12 over that span.

2024NC State6-7HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced, slow tempo

2025NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #28 of 364?

Low confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (87th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#1 / 2975 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#386 / 2975 · 87th pct

Tackles#600 / 2975 · 79th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.4
Road5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	2.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

84 · #28 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #28 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #1 of 19 ACC CBs

How the All-ACC 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	NC State	50	34	0.0	15	2	--
2024	NC State	33	25	0.5	7	2	--
Career		83	59	0.5	22	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 35–31

vs Virginia

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Edged out Virginia at home in a shootout.

With C. Bailey — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 44 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · C. Noonkester — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs East Carolina	5	3	—	2	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	W 35-31vs Virginia	4	3	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-24@ Wake Forest	4	3	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-45@ Duke	4	3	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-23vs Virginia Tech	3	2	—	1
Wk 6	W 56-10vs Campbell	1	0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-36@ Notre Dame	2	2	—	1
Wk 9	L 34-53@ Pittsburgh	4	3	—	2
Wk 10	W 48-36vs Georgia Tech	1	1	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-41@ Miami	4	3	—	1
Wk 13	W 21-11vs Florida State	4	2	2	6
Wk 14	W 42-19vs North Carolina	6	5	—	1
Bowl	W 31-7vs Memphis	8	4	—	1
Total		50	34	2	15

How he plays

Play style

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

50Tackles

34Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

15Pass def.

2INT

50 tackles. 15 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 11 PD
Week 51 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 92 PD
Week 121 PD
Week 136 PD · 2 INT
Week 141 PD

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

NC State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · NC State

Returning around him

2 NC State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

NC State · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #49

DNA match

Player DNA

Ball Hawk

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Roger McCreary’s 2021 season.

Roger McCreary

66%match

Auburn · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 3

Faion Hicks

Wisconsin · 2021

NFL Rd 7

65%

Mansoor Delane

LSU · 2025

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 6

63%

Jordan Dunbar

Rice · 2021

62%

Nicktroy Fortune

UTSA · 2023

62%

Matches Roger on

Tackle volume

PD rate

Class year

Differs from Roger on

Weight (higher)

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Donte Kent's junior season at Central Michigan (2022).

Donte Kent

93%match

Central Michigan · 2022

All-MACNFL Rd 7

Jakorian Bennett

Maryland · 2022

NFL Rd 4

87%

Steven Jones

App State · 2022

83%

Cameron Stone

Wyoming · 2022

82%

Brenden Deasfernandes

Central Michigan · 2025

77%

Matches Donte on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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

2022

202411 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Ball Hawk

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