Devonte O'Malley: DT · Northern Illinois · #8.
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Devonte O'Malley
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Five seasons in the Northern Illinois defensive front to date. That makes two seasons with an honor, the latest All-MAC in 2024. On tape: 7 tackles against Ball State, Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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 | 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| 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@ No. 5 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 28-20vs Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 24 | 12.0 | 8.5 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 16-14
at Notre Dame
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%12 TFLSack rate
22%8 sacksHurry rate
11%4 hurries38 tackles · 12 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 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
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
40.1%
368 pass / 549 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
388 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 285 FBS interior linemen by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 124 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Thomas Hammock.
