Lance Deveaux

Senior linebacker for Northern Illinois. 2021: 74 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 223 lb · Pompano Beach, FL

CFB Index 66 · #154 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNorthern Illinois 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Northern Illinois. 2021: 74 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2838 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 169 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2015

Signed with Northern Illinois2-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

202112 games

All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2838 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016–2018

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

2020–2021

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Northern Illinois5-7HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #154 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#157 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#183 / 2743 · 93rd pct

9.0

Tackles#221 / 2743 · 92nd pct

Sacks#704 / 2743 · 72nd pct

1.5

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	1.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #154 of 578 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #154 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 41–14

vs Maine

1 TFL · 3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 27-point win at home against Maine.

With R. Lombardi — 282 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.5 · 119 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD · M. Ference — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 22-21@ Georgia Tech	12	8	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 2	L 43-50vs Wyoming	8	5	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 10-63@ Michigan	8	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 41-14vs Maine	4	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 27-20vs Eastern Michigan	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 22-20@ Toledo	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 34-26vs Bowling Green	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 47-52@ Kent State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 30-29vs Ball State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 33-27@ Buffalo	11	7	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 21-42vs Western Michigan	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 41-23vs Kent State	5	1	2.0	0.5	—
Total		69	43	9.0	1.5	—

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

Lance Deveaux

2015

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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