Devonte O'Malley

Former defensive tackle at Northern Illinois. 2024: 8.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DT · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 293 lb · Midlothian, IL

CFB Index 96 · #2 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNorthern Illinois 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive tackle at Northern Illinois. 2024: 8.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 124 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

All-MACsecond

202413 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-31 over that span.

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

96All-America level #2 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#25 / 2892 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#58 / 2892 · 98th pct

12.0

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#838 / 2892 · 70th pct

Tackles#1002 / 2892 · 65th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.2
Road7g	3.3	0.9	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.8	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	1.1	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 285 FBS interior linemen by CFB Index Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #2 of 285 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northern Illinois	38	24	12.0	8.5	1	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	33	14	4.5	3.0	--	1	--
2022	Northern Illinois	31	14	6.5	5.0	1	--	--
2021	Northern Illinois	17	10	4.0	4.0	--	--	--
2020	Northern Illinois	5	5	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		124	67	30.0	22.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

3 TFL · 2 SACKS · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 54-15vs Western Illinois	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	4	4	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Buffalo	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-24@ NC State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 34-20vs Massachusetts	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 17-7@ Bowling Green	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-13vs Toledo	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 23-25@ Ball State	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	W 42-28@ Western Michigan	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 29-16vs Akron	2	1	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 9-20@ Miami (OH)	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	3	2	2.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 28-20@ Fresno State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		38	24	12.0	8.5	—	1

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