Junior defensive end for Buffalo. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
6′2″ · Forest, 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
EDGE recruit
No. 208 nationally · Joined Buffalo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive end for Buffalo. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
Devonyal Lofton
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Kent State, Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Buffalo, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #394 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Buffalo | 17 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 37–13
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 24-point win at home against Central Michigan.
With C. Snyder — 232 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 41.7 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · A. Venneri — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-38@ Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 37-40vs Fordham | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-45@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-13vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24vs Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-6@ Kent State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 13-31@ Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-20vs Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-23@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Gabe Peterson’s 2023 season.
Matches Gabe on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Bishop's freshman season at Utah (2021).
Matches Cole on
Player DNA