Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2017California
Devante Downs
ILB • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA
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Devante Downs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Player Story
Devante Downs built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from Mountlake Terrace, WA wearing No. 1, spending time with California. The clearest part of Devante Downs' career was his...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 225
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Devante Downs, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California. Devante Downs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.6 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Devante Downs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 148
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Ole Miss
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mountlake Terrace · California
- High school pipeline
- Mountlake Terrace · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 7 · Pick 7 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 65 tackles · ILB 16th (top 34%) · Pac-12 32nd (top 7%) · National 379th (top 7%)
Devante Downs played ILB for California. Across 4 tracked seasons, Devante Downs recorded 148 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with California.
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