Senior safety on New Mexico State's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Lexington, MS
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.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 342 nationally · Joined New Mexico State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on New Mexico State's roster.
Devlin Kirklin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons at New Mexico State, two different head coaches: Doug Martin and Jerry Kill. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Louisiana Tech — Week 9, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 44 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. 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
Concern: solo tackles (6th 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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #398 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 24 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 27 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 58–21
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-21vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-20@ Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-13vs Sam Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-7@ UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-29@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-49@ Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Lyrik Rawls’s 2022 season.
Matches Lyrik on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Benson's sophomore season at Eastern Michigan (2022).
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Player DNA