Devon Matthews

Senior defensive back for Indiana. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 66 tackles.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 206 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 57 · #187 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceIndiana 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 776 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Indiana. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 66 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 217 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20189 games

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Jean Ribault

20207 games

All-Big Ten

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#776 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Tom Allen — 25-32 over that span.

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #187 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (90th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#272 / 2755 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#311 / 2755 · 88th pct

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road5g	5.4	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #187 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	66	36	3.0	0.0	3	1	--
2021	Indiana	54	30	4.0	1.0	4	1	--
2020	Indiana	40	26	2.0	1.0	6	1	--
2019	Indiana	37	26	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2018	Indiana	20	13	1.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		217	131	10.0	2.0	16	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Illinois

3 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Bazelak — 330 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.6 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Illinois	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-22vs Idaho	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-30vs Western Kentucky	6	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Cincinnati	3	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Nebraska	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-31vs Michigan	9	8	1.0	1	0
Wk 7	L 33-38vs Maryland	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Rutgers	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-45vs Penn State	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-56@ Ohio State	5	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 39-31@ Michigan State	10	3	0.0	—	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 13	L 16-30vs Purdue	4	3	0.0	—	0
Total		66	36	3.0	1	3

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