Lance Deveaux: LB · Northern Illinois · #2.
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Lance Deveaux
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Northern Illinois. The first career honor came in 2021: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia Tech — Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 74 | 46 | 9.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 57 | 40 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 25 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 169 | 112 | 16.0 | 3.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-21@ Georgia Tech | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 43-50vs Wyoming | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-63@ No. 25 Michigan | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-14vs Maine | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 22-20@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-26vs Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 47-52@ Kent State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-29vs Ball State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-27@ Buffalo | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42vs Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-23vs Kent State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 43 | 9.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%9 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups74 tackles · 9 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
37.4%
389 pass / 652 run
Plays / game
80.1
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
373 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #154 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 169 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
