Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2025: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
6′2″ · 265 lb · San Antonio, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
4.5 TFL · 20 tackles
Best game: 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs TCU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2025: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
Devin Grant
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr. and Rich Rodriguez. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Ohio — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Rich Rodriguez. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #33 of 35 Big 12 DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 20 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado | 14 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado | 13 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 30 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 31–24
vs Pittsburgh
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ Houston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
2026 Outlook
West Virginia
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · West Virginia
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to EJ Ane’s 2021 season.
Matches EJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kameron Butler's senior season at Virginia (2023).
Matches Kameron on
Differs from Kameron on
Player DNA