Devonta Bridges: DL · Fresno State · #5.
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Devonta Bridges
Wins the gap play after play. The four seasons at Fresno State span three head coaches: Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Air Force, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fresno State | 49 | 21 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 50 | 29 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 35 | 21 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 140 | 73 | 20.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30@ No. 9 Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-30vs Sacramento State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-0vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Nevada | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-10vs San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-21vs Hawai'i | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-36@ Air Force | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 28-22vs Colorado State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ UCLA | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-28vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 49 | 21 | 6.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 24-21
at Nevada
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksHurry rate
12%6 hurries49 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Skipper
Pass share
53.1%
430 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
49 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #311 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Fresno State, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Tim Skipper. Multi-era developmental context.
