#17

Divine Deablo

Former defensive back at Virginia Tech. 2020: 4 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

DB · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #17

6′3″ · 226 lb · Winston-salem, NC

All-Conf 1st teamLas Vegas — drafted 2021, Rd 3, Pick 17, #80 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 436 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Virginia Tech. 2020: 4 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2016.
Drafted round 3 by the Las Vegas in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 205 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #80 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20164 games

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Mount Tabor

20209 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Las Vegasround 3, pick 80

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#436 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #80

Las Vegas · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

Played his entire career under Justin Fuente.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 6th NFL season

#80Rd 3 · Pick 17

Las VegasEntering 6th NFL season

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2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Justin Fuente — 38-26 over that span.

2016Virginia Tech10-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#7 / 568 · 97th pct

Tackles#227 / 2211 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#223 / 2211 · 89th pct

Passes defended#191 / 2211 · 89th pct

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#954 / 2211 · 51st pct

2.0

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

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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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.7
Road3g	6.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-72g	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	6.3	0.1	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Virginia Tech	55	32	2.0	0.0	4	4	--
2019	Virginia Tech	84	42	4.5	0.0	2	1	--
2018	Virginia Tech	54	35	4.5	0.0	2	--	--
2017	Virginia Tech	8	6	1.5	0.5	3	1	--
2016	Virginia Tech	4	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		205	117	12.5	0.5	11	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020

W 42–35

at Louisville

7 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Louisville on the road in a shootout.

With H. Hooker — 183 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (19 car) · 3 TD · T. Robinson — 28 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week