#26

Devyn Coles

Senior cornerback for James Madison. 2023: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

CB · James Madison · Sr. · #26

5′9″ · 190 lb · Highland Springs, VA

CFB Index 48 · #179 of 339 cornersLow confidenceJames Madison 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for James Madison. 2023: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at James Madison, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

James Madison

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2023

2 coaches

2022

Curt Cignetti

James Madison

2023

Damian Wroblewski

James Madison

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Curt Cignetti → Damian Wroblewski. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #179 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#1167 / 2842 · 58th pct

Tackles for loss#1404 / 2842 · 46th pct

2.0

Tackles#1524 / 2842 · 45th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.3	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #179 of 339 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	James Madison	26	18	2.0	0.0	5	1	--
2022	James Madison	12	9	2.0	1.0	2	1	--
Career		38	27	4.0	1.0	7	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 16–14

at Troy

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD

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

With R. Hanson — 37 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · J. McCloud — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.5 · -21 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-3vs Bucknell	3	3	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 36-35@ Virginia	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 16-14@ Troy	1	1	0.0	1	2
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Utah State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 31-23vs South Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-13vs Georgia Southern	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-9@ Marshall	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 44-6vs UConn	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-26vs App State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-14@ Coastal Carolina	0	0	0.0	—	2
Bowl	L 21-31@ Air Force	7	6	2.0	—	0
Total		26	18	2.0	1	5

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

Devyn Coles

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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