Player Dossier

2015-2021

Northern Illinois

Lance Deveaux Jr.

LB • 5'10" • 223 lbs • Pompano Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lance Deveaux Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Lance Deveaux Jr. built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a linebacker from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Lance Deveaux Jr.'s career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7667

St. Thomas Aquinas · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Lance Deveaux Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Lance Deveaux Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
169
TFL
16
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Lance Deveaux Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
169
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 32 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Top game
Ball State
Recruit profile
2-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
74 tackles · LB 159th (top 13%) · Mid-American 24th (top 5%) · National 230th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois52510-1022.5
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois38-0-1012.3
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois105752-2052.5
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1510--059.9
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois135-0--065.3
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois136991.51-065.3

Related Context

Lance Deveaux Jr. played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 7 tracked seasons, Lance Deveaux Jr. recorded 169 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 11.5 primary output with 32.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

32.6

Usage

9.3

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Wyoming: 3. Michigan: 0. Maine: 1. Eastern Michigan: 2. Toledo: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Kent State: 0. Ball State: 1. Buffalo: 1. Western Michigan: 0. Kent State: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 12 by 60. Wyoming: 8 by 63.3. Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Maine: 4 by 26.7. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 7 by 29.2. Ball State: 4 by 26.7. Buffalo: 11 by 55.8. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 5 by 45.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs Wyoming

Result
Fri 12/17@ Coastal CarolinaL 41-4753000
Sat 12/4vs Kent StateSplash gameW 41-235120.500
Wed 11/24vs Western MichiganL 21-4232000
Thu 11/18@ Buffalo10+ tacklesW 33-27117100
Thu 11/11vs Ball StateW 30-2944100
Wed 11/3@ Kent StateL 47-5274000
Sat 10/16vs Bowling GreenW 34-2622000
Sat 10/9@ ToledoW 22-2020000
Sat 10/2vs Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 27-2032110
Sat 9/25vs MaineW 41-1443100
Sat 9/18@ MichiganL 10-6385000
Sat 9/11vs WyomingSplash gameL 43-5085200
Sat 9/4@ Georgia Tech10+ tacklesW 22-21128100

Player Story

Lance Deveaux Jr. story

Lance Deveaux Jr. built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a linebacker from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Lance Deveaux Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 169 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Lance Deveaux Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2015-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois224.84.12
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois114.51.8-1
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois932.87.78
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0-9
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois130.817.41
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois11.532.69.310.5
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11.532.69.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ball State

Week 6 · W 24-16 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 2 · L 43-50

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Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 10 · L 30-49 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 14 · W 41-23 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida State

Week 4 · L 19-37

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Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois

11.5 primary output · 32.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage

65.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

65.3

11.5 primary · 32.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

59.9

1 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 17.4 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games