Player Dossier

2016-2018

LSU

Devin White

LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Springhill, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Devin White shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

98

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Devin White built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a linebacker from Springhill, LA wearing No. 40, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Devin White's career was his defensive production: 286...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9393

North Webster · Springhill, LA

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 5
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Devin White, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · LSU. Devin White shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
286
TFL
29
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
9
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2018 · LSU · Player Highlight

Devin White college highlights at LSU.

Season
2018
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Devin White quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · LB
Career Tackles
286
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · LSU
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · North Webster · LSU
High school pipeline
Bethany · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 1 · Pick 5 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 40 · Junior
2018 Tackles rank
123 tackles · LB 15th (top 2%) · SEC 1st (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonLSU8511--020.2
2016 Regular SeasonLSU82520--020.2
2017 PostseasonLSU1361.512-077
2017 Regular SeasonLSU1312712.53.533077
2018 PostseasonLSU138-0-1075.7
2018 Regular SeasonLSU1311512385075.7

Related Context

Devin White played LB for LSU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Devin White recorded 286 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

LSU paired 27.5 primary output with 61.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 61.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · LSU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

61.2

Usage

15.2

Consistency

51.8

Best Game by takeover score

Auburn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 4.5. BYU: 0. Chattanooga: 2. Mississippi State: 1.5. Syracuse: 1.5. Troy: 1. Florida: 3. Auburn: 4. Ole Miss: 1. Alabama: 1. Arkansas: 1.5. Tennessee: 3. Texas A&M: 3.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 6 by 70. BYU: 5 by 20.8. Chattanooga: 9 by 57.5. Mississippi State: 11 by 60.8. Syracuse: 13 by 65. Troy: 11 by 55.8. Florida: 13 by 80. Auburn: 15 by 90. Ole Miss: 3 by 22.5. Alabama: 9 by 47.5. Arkansas: 14 by 65. Tennessee: 11 by 75.8. Texas A&M: 13 by 85

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Auburn

Best efficiency game

90 vs Auburn

Result
Mon 1/1vs Notre DameSplash gameL 17-21641.5010
Sun 11/26vs Texas A&M10+ tackles · Splash gameW 45-211381.50010
Sun 11/19@ Tennessee10+ tackles · Splash gameW 30-101122.500.500
Sat 11/11vs Arkansas10+ tacklesW 33-101410.5000
Sun 11/5@ AlabamaL 10-24910.500.500
Sat 10/21@ Ole MissW 40-2430001
Sat 10/14vs Auburn10+ tackles · Splash gameW 27-23156210
Sat 10/7@ Florida10+ tackles · Splash gameW 17-16134111
Sat 9/30vs Troy10+ tacklesL 21-24113100
Sat 9/23vs Syracuse10+ tacklesW 35-261310.5001
Sat 9/16@ Mississippi State10+ tacklesL 7-371141.5000
Sat 9/9vs ChattanoogaSplash gameW 45-10921.500.500
Sun 9/3vs BYUW 27-051000

Player Story

Devin White story

Devin White built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a linebacker from Springhill, LA wearing No. 40, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Devin White's career was his defensive production: 286 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Devin White's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    LSU

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonLSU420.64.1
2016 Regular SeasonLSU420.64.10
2017 PostseasonLSU27.561.215.223.5
2017 Regular SeasonLSU27.561.215.20
2018 PostseasonLSU2958.614.21.5
2018 Regular SeasonLSU2958.614.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 4 · W 38-21

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Auburn

Week 7 · W 27-23 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

93 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas A&M

Week 13 · L 72-74 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

92.3 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 17-21 · Postseason

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas A&M

Week 13 · W 45-21 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

87.6 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · LSU

27.5 primary output · 61.2 efficiency · 15.2 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · LSU

77

27.5 primary · 61.2 efficiency · 15.2 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · LSU

75.7

29 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 14.2 usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

13

Splash games

13

10+ tackle games