#92

Devonte Fields

Defensive end for Louisville. 2016: 6 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

DE · Louisville · #92

6′4″ · Arlington, TX

Louisville 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 6 nationally · Joined Louisville

Statement game9 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksvs Wake Forest (FBS) · W 44-12

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive end for Louisville. 2016: 6 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Louisville in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Louisville, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Louisville4-star out of Trinity Valley C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#6 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Louisville9-4HC: Bobby Petrino · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (96th percentile). Concern: interceptions (28th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#18 / 2668 · 99th pct

Sacks#95 / 2668 · 96th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#213 / 2668 · 91st pct

9.0

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Tackles#824 / 2668 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#943 / 2668 · 64th pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th 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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.2
Road5g	3.6	0.4	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	1.5	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Louisville	45	24	9.0	6.0	3	1	--
Career		45	24	9.0	6.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 63–20

vs Florida State

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 43-point win at home against Florida State.

With L. Jackson — 216 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.5 · 146 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · J. Alexander — 1 PD · 2 SOLO · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week