Devyn Bobby

Senior safety on Baylor's 2026 roster.

S · Baylor · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 198 lb · Desoto, TX

CFB Index 55 · #222 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Baylor for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETvs Louisiana TechMcLane StadiumBaylor by 19.5

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 967 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Baylor's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

Devyn Bobby

S · Baylor · Sr · #3

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Baylor. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Utah — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Aranda — 22-28 over that span.

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2023Baylor3-9HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #222 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#61 / 2975 · 98th pct

Tackles#179 / 2975 · 94th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road5g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #222 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #222 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #20 of 40 Big 12 Ss

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	77	51	1.5	2	--	--
2024	Baylor	75	50	3.0	2	3	--
2023	Baylor	74	52	1.0	6	1	--
2022	Baylor	12	9	0.0	1	--	--
Career		238	162	5.5	11	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 48–45

at SMU

4 SOLO · 8 TOT

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-45@ SMU	8	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Arizona State	7	5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	4	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	7	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-41@ Cincinnati	8	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UCF	8	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 28-55vs Utah	11	7	1.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Houston	4	4	0.0	—	0
Total		77	51	1.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

77Tackles

51Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

77 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 51 PD
Week 101 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Baylor

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Baylor

Returning around him

2 Baylor players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (31 in / 32 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Baylor · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #43 · 2026 recruiting class #57

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyrone Lewis’s 2024 season.

Tyrone Lewis

90%match

Louisiana · 2024

All-Sun Belt

Devyn Bobby

Baylor · 2024

87%

Greg Grate Jr

Middle Tennessee · 2020

86%

Trevon Flowers

Tennessee · 2021

86%

Matches Tyrone on

PD rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Gunner Maldonado's senior season at Arizona (2023).

Gunner Maldonado

92%match

Arizona · 2023

Tyrone Lewis

Louisiana · 2023

All-Sun Belt

90%

J.J. Roberts

Marshall · 2023

All-Sun Belt

89%

Dalton Johnson

Arizona · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 5

88%

Rod Heard II

Northwestern · 2023

84%

Matches Gunner on

Class year

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Devyn Bobby

Boogsie Silvera

Sacramento State · 2026

90%

Miles Greer

Buffalo · 2025

87%

Devyn Bobby

Baylor · 2025

87%

Dalton Johnson

Arizona · 2024

86%

Shamari Simmons

Arizona State · 2023

86%

The secondary · Baylor

#3Devyn BobbyS · Sr.77 tackles · 2025
#8Jacob ReddingS · Sr.53 tackles · 2025
#14Daniel CobbsS · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#17Tyler TurnerS · Sr.30 tackles · 2025
#25Levar Thornton Jr.CB · Sr.27 tackles · 2025

26 more on the roster · Baylor team page

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

20226 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

Players who play like Devyn Bobby

The secondary · Baylor