Devin Lloyd

LB · Jr. · Utah6′3″ · 232 lb · Chula Vista, CA · Otay Ranch

Devin Lloyd: LB · Utah.

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Devin Lloyd

LB · Utah · Jr

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Four seasons in the Utah linebacker corps to date. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against San Diego State — Week 3, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

107Tackles

63Solo

22TFL

8Sacks

6Pass def.

4INT

107 tackles. 6 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 22 TFL.

Week 11 sack · 1 INT
Week 21 PD
Week 41 sack · 1 INT
Week 61 PD
Week 73 sacks · 1 PD
Week 91 sack · 1 PD
Week 101 sack · 1 PD · 1 INT
Week 111 PD
Week 131 sack
Week 141 INT

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.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Utah in the news

Utah OT out for seasonThe Salt Lake Tribune Nov 2
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKJZZ Oct 29
Pat McAfee criticizes UtahThe Salt Lake Tribune Oct 27
Digital evidence reviewed in caseKUTV Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Utah	111	66	22.0	8.0	6	4
2020	Utah	37	26	8.0	2.0	--	--
2019	Utah	91	48	11.0	6.5	2	1
2018	Utah	6	3	0.0	0.0	--	--
Career		245	143	41.0	16.5	8	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-17vs Weber State	12	7	2.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 17-26@ BYU	13	2	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 3	L 31-33@ San Diego State	13	7	2.5	0.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 4	W 24-13vs Washington State	8	4	3.0	1.0	1	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 6	W 42-26@ USC	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 35-21vs No. 18 Arizona State	8	7	4.0	3.0	—	1	3 sacks
Wk 8	L 34-42@ Oregon State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 44-24vs UCLA	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 52-7@ Stanford	9	5	5.0	1.0	1	1	5.0 TFL
Wk 11	W 38-29@ Arizona	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 38-7vs No. 4 Oregon	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-13vs Colorado	9	6	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 38-10vs No. 10 Oregon	7	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Total		107	63	22.0	8.0	4	6

Signature game

Week 7 · 2021

W 35-21

vs Arizona State

3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 8 tackles

Defensive profile

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

Tackle volume

111tackles this season

TFL rate

20%22 TFL

Sack rate

7%8 sacks

PD rate

5%6 pass breakups

111 tackles · 22 for loss · 8 sacks · 4 interceptions.

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 33-14 over that span.

2018Utah9-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 56 (#240 of 578). Show the ratings

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort · 2021 season

56Quality starter #240 of 578 · 2021?

8 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#2 / 2743 · 100th pct

22.0

Solo tackles#17 / 2743 · 99th pct

Tackles#27 / 2743 · 99th pct

111

Sacks#42 / 2743 · 98th pct

8.0

Interceptions#14 / 824 · 97th pct

Passes defended#136 / 2743 · 94th pct

QB hurries#530 / 2743 · 75th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021, 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.7	2.0	1.2	0.3
Road6g	9.0	1.7	0.2	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.3	2.2	0.8	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	6.4	1.3	0.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Pass share

43.1%

401 pass / 529 run

Plays / game

71.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.1%

417 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

56 · #240 of 578 LBs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP1st

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Devin Lloyd

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Style of play

Fans

Utah in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Defensive profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Consensus All-American

Four seasons at Utah, drafted

2017

2020 4 games

2021 13 games

2022