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Devan Boykin

Senior defensive back for Indiana. 2025: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #12

5′10″ · 195 lb · Greensboro, NC

CFB Index 69 · #106 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Indiana for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

5 PBU · 60 tackles · 6 TFL

Best game: 7 tackles, vs Alabama

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Indiana. 2025: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2020.
Transferred from NC State to Indiana in 2025.

His career, year by year

Devan Boykin

DB · Indiana · Sr · #12

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Dave Doeren and Curt Cignetti. His first career honor landed in 2021: ACC Specialist Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Purdue — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #106 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#401 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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 · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home10g	3.8	0.4	0.1	0.4
Road6g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-79g	3.3	0.4	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #106 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #106 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #18 of 77 Big Ten DBs

How the All-Big Ten 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	Indiana	60	37	6.0	1.0	5	2	--
2023	NC State	54	22	3.0	0.0	1	3	--
2022	NC State	20	8	0.5	0.0	--	1	--
2021	NC State	24	12	0.5	0.0	4	--	--
2020	NC State	19	11	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		177	90	11.0	1.0	12	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 13–10

at Ohio State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With F. Mendoza — 222 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.2 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · C. Becker — 6 rec · 126 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 16 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-14vs Old Dominion	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Kennesaw State	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 73-0vs Indiana State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Illinois	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 20-15@ Iowa	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 30-20@ Oregon	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-13vs Michigan State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 56-6vs UCLA	7	3	0.0	0.0	1	2	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 55-10@ Maryland	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-24@ Penn State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-7vs Wisconsin	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 56-3@ Purdue	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 13-10@ Ohio State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 38-3vs Alabama	7	6	3.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	W 56-22vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 27-21vs Miami	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		60	37	6.0	1.0	2	5

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

16 games

60Tackles

37Solo

6TFL

1Sacks

5Pass def.

2INT

60 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 PD
Week 41 PD
Week 92 PD · 1 INT
Week 121 INT
Week 151 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

Indiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Indiana

Returning around him

8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (17 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #29

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Isiah Revis’s 2024 season.

Isiah Revis

79%match

San José State · 2024

All-Mountain West

Kendel Dolby

Oklahoma · 2023

76%

Christian Izien

Rutgers · 2021

76%

Juan Powell

Coastal Carolina · 2023

74%

Jaylen Mahoney

Vanderbilt · 2021

74%

Matches Isiah on

PD rate

Weight

Class year

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Avante Dickerson's graduate season at Arkansas State (2025).

Avante Dickerson

81%match

Arkansas State · 2025

Jalen Mcmurray

Tennessee · 2025

76%

R.J. Mickens

Clemson · 2024

NFL Rd 6

73%

Jerrin Thompson

Auburn · 2024

73%

Jakeen Harris

North Carolina · 2024

72%

Matches Avante on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

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

Devan Boykin

20208 games

202516 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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