Dy'Vonne Inyang: DB · UTEP · #5.
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Dy'Vonne Inyang
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the UTEP secondary. First career honor, 2021: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Rice — Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 7 passes defended. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-3@ New Mexico State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-28vs Bethune-Cookman | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-54@ Boise State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-13vs New Mexico | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-21vs Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-13@ Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-3vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-28@ Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-28vs Rice | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-42@ UAB | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 42 | 31 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%3 TFL50 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 11-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.9%
365 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 321 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 96 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price, and Dana Dimel. Multi-era developmental context.
