Devon Marshall is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at NC State.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Transferred to NC State from Villanova. First career honor, 2025: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Memphis — Bowl, 2025.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 15 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-31vs Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-24@ Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-45@ Duke | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-23vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10vs Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-36@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-53@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-36vs No. 8 Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-41@ No. 16 Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-11vs Florida State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-19vs North Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 31-7vs Memphis | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
30%15 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 15 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Dave Doeren — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 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
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
49.7%
411 pass / 416 run
Plays / game
63.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
422 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #28 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #1 of 19 ACC CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
